For all you Bose 901 Haters!

totally ignoring their beastliness as a corporate concern, i own several bose products- a series II wave radio, an acoustic wave music system [wave radio sounds better to my ears but AWMS gets much louder], a sr1 cinemate soundbar [amazingly uniform wraparound imaging independent of listener position, but no depth], a lifestyle 30 system [good enough for movies, not so great for music 'cept for instrumentals, something about the system removed most of the harshness from bad recordings with upper midrange glare, music with vocals sounded like they were muffled], and a pair of their noise-cancelling cans [mediocre sound quality but useful for noise cancellation in noisy places, they enabled me to mow the lawn sans deafening noise when i misplaced my noise blocking ear hearing protectors. i've heard the 901s several times, to my ears they were basically neutral in tone, the image was vague but wide and had a pseudo-depth to it. they did something to 78 rpm crackle that made it much less nasty to the ear, like it smoothed it out or something like that. seems aside from the compact music systems, all bose products seem to have adequate bass down to 40 cycles and some usable bass left in the range between 30 and 40 cycles but nothing to write home to mama about. they don't seem to care about the bottom octave that much. 

the video was crappy. those speakers are not placed correctly! you can't have ANYTHING behind them except for WALLS! other equipment behind the 901s defeats the design! also too far out from the back wall and too damned close to the side walls. for those who complain about brightness, there is a treble control on the EQ. i usually set it in cut mode. 

to answer poster Roxy's question, i also have a pair of thiel cs.5 speakers that are my main music listening speakers, along with a pair of omni 50s for the rear channels, a universal surround box sourcing their sound feed. have maggies in another room, and the person who said they don't image well must have problems with his, mine are like a sonic hologram [not to be confused with the colored-sounding carver gizmo].