Grew up with Bose 301’s, 601’s, and then 901’s. Still use my 301’s for front surround and my 901’s are in storage. The 901 should go down as the best party speaker of all time. Small foot print could be hung from the celling and with a Sansui 9090 receiver driving them you could achieve volumes that would shake items off a shelf. Stereo everywhere with no soundstage which worked for a party speaker. I did try them in my reference system and they were terrible, the 301’s sounded better. My plan is when I retire an move to warm climate they will be set up in garage.