Bose 601 v Mouse (as in rodent!)

Go to a store that sounds "quality" speakers.

Buy something else you like, from a different manufacturer.

You will be happier than you were with the Bose.

[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
>I bought a pair of Bose 601 Series 3 speakers in 91' and they have
>been one of the few "good buys" I've made in my life!

I refuse to respond to such an obvious troll.
--scott


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[email protected] (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> >I bought a pair of Bose 601 Series 3 speakers in 91' and they have
> >been one of the few "good buys" I've made in my life!
>
> I refuse to respond to such an obvious troll.
> --scott

And yet you did! ;-)

As for the story ... the speakers finally got what they deserved. The
mouse is a fallen hero.

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"Scott Dorsey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>> I bought a pair of Bose 601 Series 3 speakers in 91' and
>> they have been one of the few "good buys" I've made in
>> my life!
>
> I refuse to respond to such an obvious troll.

But you did! ;-)

Just not an OT response.

The mention of PVA adhesive is an obvious tip-off. This guy knows something
about speakers and how they are built.

On Jul 6, 10:00 am, "LeadMagne...@googlemail.com"
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I bought a pair of Bose 601 Series 3 speakers in 91' and they have
> been one of the few "good buys" I've made in my life!
>
> They have surrvied 3 children, 2 wives, 2 dogs, a cat and 9 house
> moves (covering half the planet!).
>
> But unfortunatley, they have succumed to a mouse!
>
> My wife brought in a box a "stuff" (replace tuff with hit!) which was
> the current residence for a mouse. Seems the mouse didn't like having
> is house moved, so it decided to find a new one. In my speaker!
>
> I heard something a couple times, but it didn't click something was
> inside the damn thing. I should have turned the damn thing on, 1200
> watts of Chemical Brothers should have scared it out, but I didn't.
>
> Next morning, while enjoying my coffee, I hear nibbling. Go to the
> speaker, knock on it and out comes Mr Mouse having just finished a
> dinner of raw driver cone!
>
> The mouse is no more, to say te least, priority one was to eliminate
> with extreme prejudice! Which was fun!
>
> But now I'm faced with repairing the damage.
>
> There is a 2 x 3 cm hole at the very edge of the cone and into the
> foam surround.
>
> I have been trawling the net, looking for repair idea's and have
> settled on 2 possible choices.
>
> Choice 1 - Polyvynil Acetate soaked tissue paper. Three layers on each
> side
>
> Choice 2 - Fabric tape (to cover the hole) using a rubber sealant
>
> The damage is not bad enough to warrant re-coning/re-foaming. So I
> need something that will not adversely effect performance.
>
> What do you think?
>
> TIA
>
> :)
>
> P.S. - The mouse only suffered for a second or two!

yeah the mouse did you a favor.

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:dcffb7c8-191a-4481-a093-9391c21d8f82@34g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>I bought a pair of Bose 601 Series 3 speakers in 91' and they have
> been one of the few "good buys" I've made in my life!
>
> They have surrvied 3 children, 2 wives, 2 dogs, a cat and 9 house
> moves (covering half the planet!).
>
> But unfortunatley, they have succumed to a mouse!
>


Many have given you their sentiments about Bose, with which I agree -- it's always a strange
techno-babble kind of design with some nebulous appeal. You may find that other speakers
will satisfy you as much or more than the mouse-eaten ones you have (although I'd sure as
heck glue them back together -- it'll probably work fine).

But I must admit that their little Wave Radio, for its small size, doesn't sound bad at all,
even on local FM stations. Overpriced damn thing -- it's somewhere around $400 or $500, I
think. And that taller job, whose name I don't know, actually sounds quite good, size not
even withstanding. It's even more overpriced, at over $1000, accessories not included.
Not much stereo, as you'd expect for its speaker spread. This was all at a Bose demo a few
years ago, and it could, I suppose, have been faked, even the tuning across the FM dial, but
I don't think so.

I once took a lawyer client who'd had some kind of Bose speakers for many years to an audio
store, where they demo'd those tiny Bose wall speakers that work with a subwoofer --
"Acoustimass," or some such. The assistant played a nice little jazz quartet with alto sax,
bass, piano and drums through them. Then I asked him to switch to a larger more
standard-design good-quality floor speaker set and play the same music. This was all my
intent. Then the music just sounded much nicer and fuller. The lawyer turned to me with an
astonished look on his face. After the talk had died down, I asked the assistant to switch
back to the Bose speakers, and he started hemming and hawing and clearly didn't want to do
it.

It was a good day. :)
--
Earl

EK- [Sun, 06 Jul 2008 16:49:47 GMT]:
>But I must admit that their little Wave Radio...
>doesn't sound bad at all,

Surely I'm not on the internet anymore!

The only more amazing thing is so many (claim to)
have heard every Bose product ever made. The
last time I heard a Bose anything (in a non-live
venue) was decades ago. How so many can run into
so much Bose (and apparently take it personally)
is ... well, the internet for you. I have heard
601s, in the 70s! Before and since I've heard so
much worse, but then that's because MOST speakers
are worse. Given poor positioning or room
acoustics, all sound bad.

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