On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 00:06:45 +0100, "chris"
wrote:

Oohhh "technical competence" again !!
sinewave and meters:- here we go again !! - they have NEVER proved
listenabilty, quality -beyond THD, or very much else!

They have however been an essential part of *designing* any
decent-sounding gear.....................


Whilst I will not deny that in some circumstances BOSE have been
superseded.

Actually, try to name one circumstance in which BOSE has *not* been
superceded!

What is incompetent about the bose designs then:-

Almost everything.............

To deal with the 'classic' 901:

The use of multiple full-range drivers leads to smeared midrange and
hopelessly muddled treble. The use of heavy EQ to get *some* kind of
bass response out of those fundamentally poor drivers leads to
horrible distortion of any high-level bass notes. The use of one
forward-facing and eight backward-facing drive units leads to a very
vague soundstage. Also, the 901 was always *grossly* overpriced - as
is true of everything Bose ever made. A company driven entirely by its
marketing and legal departments, and with a *very* nasty attitude.

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Stewart Pinkerton | Music is Art - Audio is Engineering