Has anyone found yourselves wanting to buy a pair of Bose 901s just to prove to your friends that the Klipsch sounds alot better?  I will agree that the 901 is by far Bose's best speaker and is quite interesting in some aspects.  But in a blind test, I feel confident that anyone would chose probably any Klipsch speaker over the 901.  I had a pait sitting on top of a pair of Klipsch KG 3.5s, the Klipsch was much more desirable to listen to.  I would love to have a set just to play with and show people the best that Bose has to offer.  Anyone agree?

clspruiell:

Has anyone found yourselves wanting to buy a pair of Bose 901s just to prove to your friends that the Klipsch sounds alot better? 

Nope

 Nope

We just hang out and listen to tunes. Eventually someone says I've heard this song many times and never heard that before :) 

20 some years ago when I sold Bose (no choice, it was just one of the lines the store carried) I actually had a slight liking of the 601 Series II's. Hated the 501's and the 301's. The 901's, to me, were a lot of overpriced hype, show and no "go".

 I've got a pair of Series II that I was given for free. The surrounds were shot and I refoamed them for about $20. I put walnut panels on them instead of the Grill cloth. I keep them in my shop and everytime I have someone over that mentions how good they sound, I play them for him. Then I play the khorns! Then I ask for their 'updated' opinions.

Cut-Throat:

I've got a pair of Series II that I was given for free

The little white ones right... 

Actually, I DO like the looks of what you did to them

I ran a pair of 901 Series III in my old office for years. They are nice but they're not at the level of Klipsch.

Thanks im glad someone agrees.  A good friend of mine is so skeptical of klipsch because of their low end lines in best buy etc.  he doenst have that "great speaker" feeling.  hes heard my heritage lines and likes them but isnt convinced theyre better than anything else out there.  unfortunately all i have are receivers and he complains about the shrill of the mids/tweets sometimes.  he feels those overpower a deep bass that hes looking for.  it sucks i cant set them up properly in a good room with tubes/macs.  preferably macs because we LOVE ss power but only appreciate tube warmth. 

 has it ever pissed you off when someone said 'no man wheres the bass, too much treble, i think your horns are distorting."  i sound like an idiot trying to explain it all away by blaming it on cheap receivers/ setup etc.  this friend swears that room treatments etc are only placebo.  uggghhhh!

Wardsweb,

WOW.  A rack of SAE equipment and 901's.  I feel like it is 1985.  That is a cool picture. 

As far as buying 901's to prove to others that Klipsch is superior, who cares?  Let them buy 901's.  They can have "the best" for $1395 and never have to upgrade. 

Be Real ................ What do you expect people to say? The Bose 901's are better than Klipsch, on a Klipsch Forum ? .........

No.  I was relieving frusteration about not having the location / means to let my klipsch's speak for themselves to certain people who think theyre "not really much better than anything else really."  I did not mention an expectation that anyone would say the 901 was better than a Klipsch. 

I would like to hear peoples experience with comparisons though. 

clspruiell:

A good friend of mine is so skeptical of klipsch because of their low end lines in best buy etc.  he doenst have that "great speaker" feeling.  hes heard my heritage lines and likes them but isnt convinced theyre better than anything else out there

Grab your buddy bright & early some Saturday morning and drag his hiney to Knoxville

Seems like we spend alot of time telling people what they should hear ............ The only person you need to satisfy, is Yourself. Doesn't matter what others think ............ You either get the Klipsch Sound or you don't ............. it's simple really ......... your singing to the choir !!!!!!!!

Hmm...

Buckster =  Choirboy?

For some reason I doubt that...

Why would you doubt that ? ................... ...........