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| Do you listen to your music with your eyes open or closed or a combination of both? Closed, nearly always and lights off or way down. I do leave my glasses on but I am not distracted by them. Always at night for a serious listen. Someone said they keep them open as if at a concert. You are not at a concert, you are trying to rec... | |
| Bose 901 Review Well Done. Hey old_ears I visited the RM Audio/photo club in 1974/75 when I was stationed in Darmstadt at Ernst Ludwig Kaserne. Bought my Nikkormat camera there, heard 901's and the Linear Design Lab copies. LDL went out of business when Bose sued them. The... | |
| Bose 901 Review Well Done. hsbrock Very nice. I still have the Hirsch article in my files. Love your comments. It is an experience to hear them correctly. It may not be the experience that everyone is looking for but it has it's merits just the same. | |
| How often do you upgrade turntable ? First was a Realistic in 1972, don't remember the model but full auto. No doubt was some version of a Shure cartridge, got me by for a year. I got reassigned to Germany and sold my system to an army buddy. I used to stack the albums on it. Terribl... | |
| More on XLR vs RCA considerations? Thanks atmasphere. I suppose at some point I will. Thanks again for the very informative post and link. Good reading. | |
| Bose 901 Review Well Done. Well, at least we have permission to like them. Thanks. :) Just kidding around, no worries here. I did move on from mine many years ago but I never got rid of them. They are capable of some very interesting things. That is not a rave review, jus... | |
| Bose 901 Review Well Done. ericreyn Per the series II manual, you can hook from preamp output to EQ input and EQ output to amplifier input. This avoids the tape loop. On series II EQ, you have both options but with separate amp and pre, it says not to use the tape loop. I ... | |
| Bose 901 Review Well Done. I remember an old buddy of mine using a pair in his band. I think they were used with the horn mikes. I think 802's were more often used that way, since they had 8 drivers, all front side. My wife and I sold T shirts at the Chicago fest in 1980 an... | |
| Bose 901 Review Well Done. Thanks. I've never felt the need to stream but I'm a "never say never" kind of guy so who knows what I may try in the future? | |
| More on XLR vs RCA considerations? atmasphere Thanks very much for this and for the link. Very interesting. How on earth do we know if our gear supports AES48? I guess one way is to see if the 6db gain is present with the XLR's but maybe not definitive? Most of this is over my hea... | |
| Bose 901 Review Well Done. hersch I'll give it a try next time I set up a pair. I've been toying with the idea of it anyway. I also like tubes on the pre side, been waiting for years to get an all tube pre that I can use with the CD player. I've always criticized CD's for ... | |
| More on XLR vs RCA considerations? mulveling The worst ones for me were Monster cable THX. Way too tight and the cable is probably just so so anyway. DIY Beldon wire with Neutrik connectors are my new favorites. They have a really nice fit, glide on and off with ease but not at al... | |
| Used tube preamps, Cary, AR, Aesthetix, Wells...........or? harpo Awesome, thanks. I'm always amazed at the people I get to talk to on these sites. Working with, knowing the designers and builders. For a poor dumb farm boy who retired from a firefighter career, I'm pretty awed by all of this. I just suppl... | |
| Bose 901 Review Well Done. I just bought an Aesthetix Calypso Signature tube preamp. It will be one of the best pieces in my system, probably the best piece. I'm still waiting for it, sometime this week. I use a Cary PH 301 tube phono preamp, old but very damn good. When ne... | |
| Bose 901 Review Well Done. Interesting. I have owned every series except 3 and 5. I still own 4 pair. Series 2 were always my favorites but series 6 is fine too. Still have a pair of them, 2 pair of 2's and a pair of 1's. All are still functional. Not everyone's cup of tea... |