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Anyone Using Bose 901 speakers In A Home Theater?
Good review. Thats a very accurate interpretation of what I heard.A polite way of saying "Average at best". I was under the impression that a more expencive stand was not needed.  
stereo system evaluation--objective or subjective
A persons taste has a lot to do with what sounds good to them.Everyone goes by listening to come up with what merrits as sounding good to them. I listen to many systems from belonging to an A'phile club here in central Florida. Most systems fall i... 
Anyone Using Bose 901 speakers In A Home Theater?
"Zman, I am not upset. I just think you fall into the category of having a negative opinion about a product you have no experience with."You're over reaching. You have no clue what experience I have with Bose. The discription you give is fairly ac... 
Anyone Using Bose 901 speakers In A Home Theater?
Rrog, don't get so upset when someone has a different opinion from your own. If you like Bose, great! Enjoy.But please don't attack someone for there opinion or experience that differs from yours.And to answer your question, yes I did. 
Anyone Using Bose 901 speakers In A Home Theater?
Bose's marketing strategy is aimed at gullable consumers. The house wife at home, the non audiophile which out number audiophiles by 99 to 1.It's all about the commercial Johnny or Suzie sees on tv that convinces them it has to be good.Dr. Bose is... 
The best CD Player for the money
Mt apologies to Audiogon28221 for making a statement without adding to the discussion as to why.Though digital playback is not perfect, I feel there are many manufacturers that put great effort in making CDP's that are very good in reproducing mus... 
Best Customer Service
Audio Plus Services. I needed some info on my Focal profile 918's and the tech guy there made me feel like it was an honor to assist in helping me. Made me proud to own the Focal product. 
Adding a sub to usher be10
The Ushers go down to 25hz. Thats pretty deep.If you go with some subs, the crossover frequencies will have to go down pretty low to blend seamlessly.You may cause a hump at the 30hz range if not careful.The 1% of music that goes below 25hz may no... 
Best Power Cord for a Classe CA 2300
I echo the Elrod's. They seem to perform great on everything I've put them on. Very balanced and dynamic.Great extension top and bottom with plenty of attack.Also very open soundstage and pinpoint focus on imaging.I like there older Signature 2's ... 
Best tube integrated? anyone know?
I enjoyed the Almarro A318B quite a lot. High current SET with great bass drive. 6Moons done a great review on it. 
Sony XA-5400es player...Giant Killer or just Ok?
Well, we would need a list of CDP you've heard to answer such a broad question as that. 
Any bookshelves with horn-loaded tweeters?
The Titus is an aquired taste. Electrostat fast and very hard sounding. If paired with an SET it works great. A little brittle for SS. But it is a class-B speaker. It does a lot of things right, but it wasn't for me. 
New/ Used speakers, 500-800 bucks CAD
This is a 3 year old thread. 
Any bookshelves with horn-loaded tweeters?
A sub is absolutely necessary. They go to 50hz and sharply role of from there. 
Any bookshelves with horn-loaded tweeters?
Triangle Comete es or Titus.