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RE: high frequency of Bose speakers: revealing

"The physical arrangement of the drivers and their size predicts a chaotic interference among them in the HF."

Why "chaotic?" There are a finite number of drivers arranged in an organized way. Have you any test results that show this results in HF chaos?

Now if you were to say that the physical arrangement of the drivers and their size predicts a highly reverberant HF presentation, which by its nature will obscure HF detail, I wouldn't argue with you.

However, I don't think Bose ever sold the 901s as being revealing, but as being realistic. The gravamen of their claims is that in a live environment, actual instruments do not sound like the closely miked representations so often present in audio, but instead play within highly reverberant sound fields.

The Bose 901 first debuted in 1968. It can still be purchased today, for roughly the same price in US$ as when it was first released. Not many audio components can make comparable claims. Somebody must like these things.

"Audiophiles" can deride Bose 901 buyers as stupid, or suckers, but I think they are simply music lovers with different priorities than "audiophiles." Bose 901 lovers could care less about ultimate resolution, but instead value a broad sound stage that is consistent from place to place in the listening room. They want to know their companions are hearing an end result comparable to what they too are hearing.

While I myself identify with the audiophile, parked in the sweet spot, greedily sucking in as much detail and nuance as I can, I also have to admire the 901 buyer who accepts a lower level of fidelity that all of his friends and family can share in.

JE



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