bowtie427ss
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Interesting....................
https://albany.craigslist.org/ele/d/rare-bose-901-double-set/6686643158.html
https://albany.craigslist.org/ele/d/rare-bose-901-double-set/6686643158.html
Double Bose 901's ????????
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Blue Shadow
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missing the most helpful picture, of the connection plates so folks could see wtf these really are. As a double 901, might be a collector item.
As the speaker wire appears to be "part of" the system I would venture home brewed.
bowtie427ss
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Look closer, with both eyes.
Ah, I didn't look at all the pics, I stand corrected.
But that still doesn't rule out possible home brewing, especially as it appears the screws to attach the bottom plate are visible in this picture albeit filled with "putty?" lol.
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bowtie427ss
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I agree that homebrew is possible. I would expect anything out of the factory from that vintage to have knurled metal thumbscrew type nuts on the terminal plates, but any owner in their history could have swapped them out for 5-way binding posts.
But, if they are indeed homebrew then somebody paid a lot of attention to details such as grill trim and the rear baffle angle versus the angle on the rear of the top and bottom panels.
But, if they are indeed homebrew then somebody paid a lot of attention to details such as grill trim and the rear baffle angle versus the angle on the rear of the top and bottom panels.
I'm no Bose expert but damn!! Which white van did this guy buy these speakers from?? Dude got ripped off. Sloppy cabinet work on these. (In the photo in the post above mine, note how the angles on the wood end cap do not match the angles of the rear baffle.) No way they would leave a Bose factory looking this tacky (even without the age and the faded grille cloth), even if they were prototypes. The two speakers on the "front" are in the wrong place also, with the front baffle curvature all wrong (it's not flat). And where are the ports on the back, that every 901 has?
At best, someone gutted two pairs of 901s for the drivers and threw them into these poorly built cabinets. At worst, generic 4" drivers from wherever.
Dude needs to correct the ad--"Less than two pair ever built."
The few owners I've heard of with double 901s just stacked 'em, like stacking Advents back in the day.
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I'm no Bose expert but damn!! Which white van did this guy buy these speakers from?? Dude got ripped off. Sloppy cabinet work on these. (In the photo in the post above mine, note how the angles on the wood end cap do not match the angles of the rear baffle.) No way they would leave a Bose factory looking this tacky (even without the age and the faded grille cloth), even if they were prototypes. The two speakers on the "front" are in the wrong place also, with the front baffle curvature all wrong (it's not flat). And where are the ports on the back, that every 901 has?
At best, someone gutted two pairs of 901s for the drivers and threw them into these poorly built cabinets. At worst, generic 4" drivers from wherever.
Dude needs to correct the ad--"Less than two pair ever built."
The few owners I've heard of with double 901s just stacked 'em, like stacking Advents back in the day.
Actually the original 901's had the same off angle top and bottom plates, no port tubes, and off center front drivers on a flat baffle.
BilboBaggins
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I’ve owned a couple of 901s, and these look right, for Bose. Perhaps home brew, but they likely used Bose 901 parts to put these together.
"Sweet Sixteens" in Bose clothes
bowtie427ss
Lunatic Member
You should probably study up on 901's a bit before you post details about them.View attachment 1272029
I'm no Bose expert but damn!! Which white van did this guy buy these speakers from?? Dude got ripped off. Sloppy cabinet work on these. (In the photo in the post above mine, note how the angles on the wood end cap do not match the angles of the rear baffle.) No way they would leave a Bose factory looking this tacky (even without the age and the faded grille cloth), even if they were prototypes. The two speakers on the "front" are in the wrong place also, with the front baffle curvature all wrong (it's not flat). And where are the ports on the back, that every 901 has?
At best, someone gutted two pairs of 901s for the drivers and threw them into these poorly built cabinets. At worst, generic 4" drivers from wherever.
Dude needs to correct the ad--"Less than two pair ever built."
The few owners I've heard of with double 901s just stacked 'em, like stacking Advents back in the day.
The rear baffle angles are absolutely correct.
Series I and II 901's have flat front baffles, not curved.
901's didn't get ports until they got foam surrounds. That happened with the introduction of series III 901, the same time the curved front baffle was introduced.
Wow...incredible. That just looks like a sloppy design to me. (Clashes with my occasional OCD tendencies.) But hey, WTFDIK? :shrug:
Probably, although I have little interest in Bose, and these original models were well before I was able to shop for speakers anyway. Any 901 I've ever seen in person were later models with the ports and curved front baffles. First time I've ever seen older models was in this thread. No biggie.
If they are legit, I wonder if they were intended as some sort of sound reinforcement speaker.
62vauxhall
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Might be just someones experiment. There were times when I owned the utility, vinyl covered version of double original Large Advents that I considered making a single box per pair out of nice wood. Not hard to do if you have the facilities.
Dazaa
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/bose-901...440875?hash=item21462045ab:g:~dcAAOSwvrxbOklt
Heres a pair of clone 901's, I have no doubt that the double 901's are also home made.
Heres a pair of clone 901's, I have no doubt that the double 901's are also home made.
bowtie427ss
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They forgot the ports on those exact replicas.
I see as much evidence supporting a factory build as homebrew on the doubles.
The most convincing evidence so far that they might be homebrew has nothing to do with the speakers themselves. It's simply the lack of any documentation or citation connecting them to the factory/R&D.
I tend to lean in the direction of those opining that they were put together from 2 pair of factory 901's.
Case in point, rare speakers are out there. How often do you see Bose 2201's come up for sale?
How many AKers even know there was a Bose 2201?
2201's were certainly in production at one point, and are what led directly to the development of the 901.
I see as much evidence supporting a factory build as homebrew on the doubles.
The most convincing evidence so far that they might be homebrew has nothing to do with the speakers themselves. It's simply the lack of any documentation or citation connecting them to the factory/R&D.
I tend to lean in the direction of those opining that they were put together from 2 pair of factory 901's.
Case in point, rare speakers are out there. How often do you see Bose 2201's come up for sale?
How many AKers even know there was a Bose 2201?
2201's were certainly in production at one point, and are what led directly to the development of the 901.
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