A minor rant concerning Bose 901's.

[Seth=L]

If you happen to go back in to Cash America record the 5 character letter sequence on the price tag, should appear something like MEEEE. That's the code that shows how much they have in an item, so employees can work deals with customers on the floor without going under the cost. I won't disclose the code in it's entirety because I feel that the less people that know it the less likely that Cash America will change the code.

How much did they give you for the center channel and what's it marked at?

 

[TLS Guy]

I was going to say you have a healthy imagination there kiddo, but then again - this is probably an all too common type of thing with pawn shops. Bottom line here is that it's all pure speculation - it's impossible to know all the many variables that led to the price tag and a pair of lonely 901's sitting on a dusty shelf at some no-name pawn shop, which by the way - was indeed a Cash America. But - I'm thinking a more likely scenario here is some guy realized his 901's were total crap - bit the bullet and sold them off for as much as he could get for them at his local pawn shop. I said $400 to $500 before, but in reality I don't think the pawn shop would have given him more than $200 for the pair - that's $600 profit for them, IF they can sell. I think out of curiosity I'll check in there once every so often and see if they're still sitting there - it's directly on my way home from work so not a big deal.

As a side, related note - I also noticed an old JBL center channel speaker I had sold to them more than 2 years ago (just wanted to get rid of it quick for some extra pocket cash), still sitting there collecting dust. Hells bells! I think those 901's have found a permanent home.

I would save your money. Those speakers only sounded less dreadful with the equalizer, on some ways worse. In classical music in the big crescendo with the tymps full force, those little cones just rattled. Perfectly dreadful speakers.

 

[Seth=L]

I would save your money. Those speakers only sounded less dreadful with the equalizer, on some ways worse. In classical music in the big crescendo with the tymps full force, those little cones just rattled. Perfectly dreadful speakers.

I don't think he was implying interest in the speakers.

 

[walter duque]

I hate to admit this but around 85 I ran 2 pairs of 901 Series V, I think if I am not mistaken. I powered them with (2) VSP Labs Gold Edition Power amps 200 watts X 2. I also ran them trough a DBX Dynamic Range Expander and I thought they sounded decend.

 

[highfigh]

I'm not sure how a speaker that was designed to be used with a specific equalizer can sound anything but awful without it. A similar effect can be gotten by using a graphic EQ by taking 1K and bottoming it out, taking the two lowest sliders and jacking them all the way up and then making a V with the rest. Tone controls won't do that and no room will do that naturally. Putting them close to a corner with three planes intersecting will do more than anything else but it's still not the same.