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 MJK>   WRT the "MGS" quote above, well, some Bose speakers have powerful,
 MJK> deep bass.  In my view, the Bose 10.2 series II speakers are their
 MJK> best speakers.  They have good midrange response, unlike the
 MJK> Acoustimass AM-5 and AM-3, good treble, and bass from hell, owing to
 MJK> the twin Acoustimass subwoofers, one in each cabinet.  I'll put 'em
 MJK> up against any other Bose speaker.

Their 802 professional reinfocement speakers are pretty darn good too. I've
used them in a lot of different situations on all manner of different gigs. 
They're nothing near a full-blown Turbosound system,but they're great for what
they are.

 MJK>   Now, people will argue that Bose is shit, etc, and that I should
 MJK> go out and spend zillions of dollars on Vandersteens or something.
 MJK> They will usually base this view on any number of bad things that've
 MJK> been said about Bose's flagship, the 901.  These bad things usually
 MJK> involve stupid things like how linear a 901 is in an anechoic
 MJK> chamber (this is ludicrous, of course, since the 901 design DEPENDS
 MJK> upon having a wall behind it and a floor below it), or how linear

Besides, how many people have an anechoic living room or listening room?

 MJK> the 901 drivers are by themselves, or how they 901's sound without
 MJK> its outboard processor (this is also silly, since the 901 is a
 MJK> SYSTEM, which is designed to be used only with its processor.  Why?
 MJK> Acoording to Prof. Bose, they were willing to trade some frequency
 MJK> response characteristics to give them more freedom in designing
 MJK> other areas of the speakers.  Those tradeoffs are then compensated
 MJK> for by the EQ).  I don't want to argue this issue here, since it's

Someone once mentioned the same thing ("deficient design that needs an
outboard EQ") but when you really think of it, it's no different than the
passive crossovers used in almost all speakers, or the active ones used in
multiamped systems.  Heck, the ideal speaker is a SINGLE driver with
10Hz-30kHz +/- 0.00001dB response, 50kW power handling, 140dB*1W/1m
sensitivity, etc, etc, etc, and costs $0.50.  Anything else is, IMO, a
"deficient design"; it's just a metter of degrees then.  Even a $60,000 pair
of supre-duper mondo Finkelsteens :) is a lousy design, limited by several
laws of physics.  Meaning that the whole bloody discussion is something of a
"non-issue".

 MJK> been flamed to death for years.  I don't even like the 901's a whole
 MJK> lot (see above).  I only put this paragraph in so that there'd be a
 MJK> tiny bit of balance, and so people would be aware that there are
 MJK> other speakers in the Bose line, besides the 901, and some of them
 MJK> are quite good.

I personally kinda like the 901s.  Always have.  But again, that's just me. 
I've always liked what I've heard from Bose.