Their AC-15 headphones are great for contesting...
On Sep 4, 2013, at 5:34 PM, "Jim Thomson" <jim.thom@telus.net> wrote:
> Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 19:00:01 -0400
> From: W2RU - Bud Hippisley <W2RU@frontiernet.net>
> To: bill steffey NY9H <ny9hpa@gmail.com>
> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com, Jim Lux <jimlux@earthlink.net>, "Richard
> \(Rick\) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] rotating delta loop
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> On Aug 30, 2013, at 8:34 45PM, bill steffey NY9H <ny9hpa@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> when bose introduced their multi speaker facing the wall...
>> not only did 'consumer's' not like it ;;;
>
> Guess I'm not a 'consumer'....to my ears it was better and cleaner-sounding
> than any other speaker in its price range. And those 'ignorant'
> professionals who reviewed speakers for the leading audiophile magazines
> seemed pretty impressed, too.
>>
>> the guys at the other manufacturers had little regard for the "science"
>> using multiple 4" midrange drivers with HUGE 15-20 db eq at the bottom & top
>> causing most amps to run out of power , and go mushy
>
> There is no question the technique required clean high power amplifiers.
> Otherwise, it was going to sound about the same as an SSB transmitter trying
> to coax 1000 watts of RF out of a pair of 807s.
>
>> no highs...no lows ...must be bose.....
>> Paul Klispch from Arkansas said "' Ho Hum another " breakthru in Physics"
>> or as one of the engineers at JBL,
>
> All totally unbiased observers....
>
>
>> all those drivers putting out the same output creating
>> a mess of mixing delay times at the listeners ears...
>
> Unlike the use of separate woofers, tweeters, and mid-range speakers -- a
> technique that never had any phasing or crossover issues.
>
> We probably should get back to rotating delta loops...the pseudo-science here
> is getting a little thick.
>
> Bud, W2RU
>
>
> ### What he meant by consumers is.... CONSUMER REPORTS. CONSUMER REPORTS
> gave the Bose-901s a real bad review. Bose 901s are junk then...and their
> latest rendition is still junk today.
> Consumer reports was sued by Bose. Consumer reports has NEVER tested another
> BOSE product since. Bose has been involved in 14 lawsuits. Bose doesn’t
> publish tech specs on its equipment, Bose believes
> tech specs are not required to properly evaluate their products. Bose isnt
> THX certified either. The old adage.... No highs, no lows... must be Bose,
> still holds true. Amar Bose was overheard bragging the 9 x 4 inch drivers
> he uses in his flagship Bose 901 cost less than 50 cents apiece, got a lot
> of folks upset. The 901s are heavily equalized..hence the mating equalizer
> that comes with all 901 speakers. Most high end audio stores wont sell Bose
> products anymore. Bose demands that a special listening room be set up....
> with NO other brands of speakers in the same room....so that no direct
> comparisons can be made.
>
> Later.... Jim VE7RF
>
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