In Reply to: Magnepan, Ohm Walsh or Bose 901 (vIV or V)? posted by endusersolutions@yahoo.com on January 11, 2009 at 20:53:31:
I think if you know a few people who might own these speakers would be great for you to help make your decision. First off, these are all different designs and technologies.
Amar Bose (MIT grad student) despite all of the bashinge here; was one of the first speaker designers who went out to live venues to measure live sound and recreate this sound with carefully designed systems to allow listeners to get the same excitement as a live event. That is why 1000 watts were the max with their first iteration of 901s', so that people can drive them loud. His speakers were a break through back then and so was his methodology of musical recreation.
Mangneplaners were developed on electrostatic technology and was made for the home musical environment. These speakers set the standard for absolute mid range clarity and lifelike recreation of music. They were not compared to live music as Bose was and therefore any comparative analysis of these two speakers should be in how they would play live albums versus recorded non-live musical recording and see how they measure up to your needs.
I like all of the technologies involved and think you you should think about how to balance the price versus your musical requirements.
Ciao,
Audioquest4life
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- RE: Magnepan, Ohm Walsh or Bose 901 (vIV or V)? - Audioquest4life 06:24:09 01/13/09 (8)
- Is that a fact? - Bruce from DC 13:49:27 01/13/09 (3)
- RE: Is that a fact? - Audioquest4life 14:39:30 01/13/09 (2)
- If the subject is "Bose" you have a "troll" t - keith_d 18:36:54 01/13/09 (0)
- RE: Is that a fact? - endusersolutions@yahoo.com 17:48:40 01/13/09 (0)
- Maggies have nothing to do with electrostatics cept they're planar, Bose has little to do with live music - keith_d 11:57:29 01/13/09 (0)
- RE: Magnepan, Ohm Walsh or Bose 901 (vIV or V)? - endusersolutions@yahoo.com 09:57:52 01/13/09 (2)
- Hehehe.... - Harmonia 16:27:50 01/13/09 (1)
- But he knows several DJs who use Bose! t - keith_d 18:37:46 01/13/09 (0)