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From: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Why I own Bose 901's
Message-ID: <1319@watdcsu.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 28-Apr-85 13:20:42 EDT
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Posted: Sun Apr 28 13:20:42 1985
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Reply-To: herbie@watdcsu.UUCP (Herb Chong [DCS])
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you are right in that i have very different criteria for speakers.
mine are:
	1)	very flat and extended frequency response
		my DM7's come factory matched to within 0.5 dB between
		left and right systems.  they are rated 70 to 25K within
		2 dB.  i could have gotten speakers with better bass
		response and efficiency for the money i spent.
	2)	superior imaging
		there are very few speakers in the price range that even
		come close to the imaging ability of my DM7's.  on 
		well recorded material such as Sheffield disks, i have
		horizontal, front-back, and vertical imaging that is
		well defined and absolutely stable.  i compared a LOT
		of speakers in the $1000 to $2000 range (CAN) for over
		a year before i bought.  some systems i rejected after
		careful listening: Rogers Monitors, Mission 770, 
		B&W DM14's (one below mine), KEF 104.5, ADS 810, 
		Boston Acoustics A200, Yamaha NS1000M.  note that these
		prices were how much i would have paid, not how much they
		listed for.  subtract 30% for approximate US prices.
	3)	ruggedness
		i have a relatively powerful amplifier (150w/ch) and
		i occasionally drive it hard.  also, i sometimes borrow
		a friend's amp, strap them both for mono for 500w/ch
		and use it that way.  i have electronic speaker protection
		builtin.
	4)	i don't care about anything outside the listening window
		it's about a 1ft cube where the best sound is.  this is
		not to say that there is bad sound elsewhere, just that it
		is better within the window.  this is as much a consequence
		of the design of the speakers as how i have them placed
		(aimed directly at the listening position).

Herb Chong...

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