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From: seifert@hammer.UUCP (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: BOSE PA Series Speakers
Message-ID: <1568@hammer.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Oct-85 12:58:22 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct 16 12:58:22 1985
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In article <1408@hound.UUCP> rfg@hound.UUCP (R.GRANTGES) writes:
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>Bose PA speakers don't look much like the 901's. They have two models:
>the 402, which looks sort of like a column speaker 8"wide x 23" tall,
>and the 802, which maybe looks like the <back side> of a 901 with two
>large cylindrical ports in the middle of each half of the front side
>whick look sort of like eyes, or a stereo camera, or jet engine exhausts.
>
>You sure it was Bose?

Yes it was Bose, they had their name plastered all over Navy Pier
as the official speaker of Chicagofest.  (Along with Jane, natch)
They looked like 901s backwards, with to two holes, thus they were
presumable the 802s.

>Could it have been positioned backwards? 

There's an idea!  They probably would have sounded better that way!

>If it was a Bose 802 and it sounded awful, I can think of several possibilit-
>ies - other than outright malfunction:
>1) Not driven by Bose amps
>  a. Not using Bose spec equalizer .

Could be, I don't know what they were driving it with.

>  b. and or overdriven (not so easy to do - would take over 100 watts
>     (Bose says 240)) More likely you were listening to a light amp
>     itself being overdriven)

They had huge stacks of these things, and they were blowing them
up left and right.  You figure out how many Watts they had.
(do the 802s have seperate tweeters that would get killed by clipping,
or a full-range driver like the 901s?  They appear to just have
a single driver and a bass reflex port, but I didn't look too close.)

This was an outdoor concert thing, with various bands (rock, jazz,
country, etc..) scattered around.  Each stage had a large number
of speakers.  They ALL sounded terrible.  (even when they weren't
in "let's blow them up" mode)

To be fair to Bose, PA systems in general usually reek.  Appariently
it takes a LOT of talent to set one up properly, and most bands are
sadly lacking in that sort of talent.  Even with good equipment,
it has to be adjusted for the place you're playing.  Went to a 
Seals and Crofts concert once.  Sounded horrible, they were twisting
knobs like crazy.  Half way through the concert they finally got it
right.  The second half was wonderful.

Perhaps the trick is to go to unamplified concerts.

Snoopy
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