Are Bose 301 Speakers the best in there price range?

[topspeed]

Jim,

There are actually very few posts where members are proclaiming the 901's or 301's as outright garbage. We aren't calling out Bose so much as calling out njspeer. At best, he's a tool, at worst a troll. Blanket statements, bold generalizations, and a complete lack of respect buoyed by a dearth of facts. He has found it convenient to lump anyone that doesn't agree with him into one big cauldron of audio voodoo and snake oil.

Skep loved his 901's and even modified them quite heavily w/ supertweeters IIRC. No one had a problem with him or his speaks. It's the poster, not the subject.

[Resident Loser]

...most of the time, negative generalities abound re: Bose and within related threads ...and most of the time, I keep my mouth shut (or more appropriately put on a pair of mittens)...I mean, what's the use...but I do see the same type of rhetoric more often than not, and when njspeer started shoveling the same sort of generalized negativity re: his particular agenda, I found it, and some of the reactions to it, amusing...

I mean it really gets old to see the same ol' Bose-bashing or comments on the gullibility/deafness of the typical Bose customer..."lumped" if you will...

Obviously, there are some aspects of Bose products that leave a lot to be desired, and I neither suggest nor defend them...in fact, I'm more apt to point out their shortcomings...Every so often, I simply feel compelled to provide some defensive statements (as anecdotal as the may be) against the constant onslaught of "...no highs, no lows, it must be Bose..." or "Blose" or how the 901s are obsolete(?) or how bein' half-in-the-bag makes 'em sound good...that sorta' thing. I do try consider the source, keeping it in some context, and I do get a sense of self-satisfaction that the ones who are the most vocal are quite lucky that breathing is a function of the autonomic nervous system...

Hmmm...a nice ripe Stilton with some walnuts and perhaps a glass of Olorosso...or a beren auslese...

jimHJJ(...too bad I no longer indulge in the fermented grape...)

[GMichael]

...most of the time, negative generalities abound re: Bose and within related threads ...and most of the time, I keep my mouth shut (or more appropriately put on a pair of mittens)...I mean, what's the use...but I do see the same type of rhetoric more often than not, and when njspeer started shoveling the same sort of generalized negativity re: his particular agenda, I found it, and some of the reactions to it, amusing...

I mean it really gets old to see the same ol' Bose-bashing or comments on the gullibility/deafness of the typical Bose customer..."lumped" if you will...

Obviously, there are some aspects of Bose products that leave a lot to be desired, and I neither suggest nor defend them...in fact, I'm more apt to point out their shortcomings...Every so often, I simply feel compelled to provide some defensive statements (as anecdotal as the may be) against the constant onslaught of "...no highs, no lows, it must be Bose..." or "Blose" or how the 901s are obsolete(?) or how bein' half-in-the-bag makes 'em sound good...that sorta' thing. I do try consider the source, keeping it in some context, and I do get a sense of self-satisfaction that the ones who are the most vocal are quite lucky that breathing is a function of the autonomic nervous system...

Hmmm...a nice ripe Stilton with some walnuts and perhaps a glass of Olorosso...or a beren auslese...

jimHJJ(...too bad I no longer indulge in the fermented grape...)

My point was that I don't have a problem with Bose. I even own some Bose. When I posted as such he glossed right over that and went into twisting words out of context to mean something totaly different than what was being said.

I don't mind Bose. Still think that they are charging too much, but they are OK.

But a troll is a troll is a troll. I had fun feeding him. I know, that makes me a baaaaaaaaaaaad poster. But it was still fun.

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