I did a very cheap tweak to my 901's that made them sound SOOOO MUCH BETTER ! I put two coats of Elmer's Carpenter's wood glue on all the paper cones and dust caps of the speaker drivers.
I put one coat of wood glue and let it dry good for 24 hours and then put another coat of wood glue and it dry good for another 24 hours before playing any music.
My 901's sound like different speakers now, I'm hearing a more extended top end...more realistic and a more extended deeper bottom end and the mid-range sounds cleaner more 3-D.. more realistic WOW !!...
This AMAZING SOUND was there all these years, you just had to tweak it out of them !
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Topic - New Break-through for BOSE 901 Owners !!...... - HiFiSoundGuy 13:30:45 07/06/12 (27)
- RE: New Break-through for BOSE 901 Owners !!...... - Bill the K 21:13:18 07/07/12 (1)
- These modified 901's sound their best turned around backwards.... - HiFiSoundGuy 19:27:11 07/13/12 (0)
- umm...this is tongue-in-cheek, right? - triode 09:40:36 07/07/12 (0)
- RE: New Break-through for BOSE 901 Owners !!...... - Presto 08:42:47 07/07/12 (9)
- RE: New Break-through for BOSE 901 Owners !!...... - HiFiSoundGuy 10:08:17 07/09/12 (7)
- RE: New Break-through for BOSE 901 Owners !!...... - John Elison 23:49:03 07/09/12 (6)
- RE: New Break-through for BOSE 901 Owners !!...... - HiFiSoundGuy 12:05:19 07/10/12 (5)
- RE: New Break-through for BOSE 901 Owners !!...... - ErikM 17:39:47 07/11/12 (4)
- RE: New Break-through for BOSE 901 Owners !!...... - IEaudiodude 17:47:53 07/11/12 (3)
- RE: New Break-through for BOSE 901 Owners !!...... - Travbrow 08:55:00 07/12/12 (2)
- RE: New Break-through for BOSE 901 Owners !!...... - Travbrow 09:11:40 07/12/12 (1)
- I'm hopping that Jeff from Tone Audio Magazine will... - HiFiSoundGuy 12:27:50 07/12/12 (0)
- You raise an excellent point... - Mr. Dick Hertz 09:07:15 07/07/12 (0)
- There is some basis for this. - Dave Pogue 04:24:42 07/07/12 (1)
- RE: There is some basis for this. - hahax@verizon.net 20:43:36 07/07/12 (0)
- Now those owners of $100,000 plus speakers can do too. Just dump glue on your cones. Brilliant. - Elizabeth 00:35:19 07/07/12 (0)
- RE: New Break-through for BOSE 901 Owners !!...... - Iron Knee 00:03:38 07/07/12 (0)
- Surprising Dr. Amar didn't see the value of doping his cones. nt. - Mr. Dick Hertz 17:13:22 07/06/12 (3)
- NOW THESE 901's CAN HANG WITH THE BIG BOYS !! nt. - HiFiSoundGuy 21:17:00 07/06/12 (1)
- Yeah, right - Gregg 17:56:09 07/08/12 (0)
- not sure if value is in his lexicon...nt - musiclistener 17:45:36 07/06/12 (0)
- RE: New Break-through for BOSE 901 Owners !!...... - John Elison 13:48:22 07/06/12 (5)
- GOOD one John! - hifitommy 18:40:03 07/06/12 (0)
- That's a good start, but I would recommend more extensive Epoxy deployment... - willkayakforfood 18:29:27 07/06/12 (3)
- Totally eliminates all the distortion. - M3 lover 15:37:54 07/07/12 (0)
- RE: That's a good start, but I would recommend more extensive Epoxy deployment... - IEaudiodude 10:15:47 07/07/12 (1)
- Some things I have really done to 901's - soldermizer 22:41:45 07/08/12 (0)