Bose 601 Floorstanding Speakers Reviews


Bose 601
MSRP:
$ 650.00
Discontinued Bose speakers (1977-1981)

   
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Reviewed by:
paul kallman
(Audio Enthusiast)

Review Date
October 8, 2011

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

Value Rating
 5 of 5

Used product for
Less than 1 month

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Summary:
I have a pair of Bose 601 which I believe are the covetted series One from 1978 which some claim are the best Bose 601s ever made. I have refoamed them with Bose brand foams and they sound better than my Kenwoods which are almost twice the size. I am looking to sell them if I am offered the right price. There is some cabinet damage which is repairable and it does not affect the sound in any way. I live on Long Island not far from Queens. email me paulgolf 4949 at aol dat calm


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Reviewed by:

DOUG SCHULTZ

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Review Date
January 31, 2010

Overall Rating
 3 of 5

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 3 of 5

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Less than 1 month

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Summary:
HELLO
A FREIND OF MINE GAVE ME SOME OF THE BOSE 601 SERIES II SPEAKERS I HAD TO REFOAM THE WOLFERS, THEY SOUND GOOD BUT PERFER THE ONES I HAVE NOW . DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT I COULD MAYBE GET FOR THEM IF I WERE TO SALE THEM?
DOUG


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spike777 (03/30/2010)
Doug,
If you intend to sell the 601's series 11 lets arrange for a price, email me back on spike777@optusnet.com.au
Thanks,
Cris
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Reviewed by:

bo5601

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Review Date
March 3, 2008

Overall Rating
 4 of 5

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 4 of 5

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Summary:
have a new pair of bose 601 III from 1978 where found in an attic. never opened still sealed box.looking for the best amp to power them up with


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pioneersx1010blue

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Review Date
February 8, 2008

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

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Review 5 of 83

Price Paid:  $200.00 from ebay

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These are for the 601 series 3. I just got them two weeks ago. I ripped them apart and rebuilt them to new. foam ,crossover, refinish. I dont know were all this bashing is comming from. I guess the 601 4 I dont know. Look, I have krell,b@w 801d , vieanna, You name it . I am a collector. I am right now rebuilding some AR 94s for my old man. some Henry Kloss specials. Just got done with some AR3s yesterday for a guy at work. I know speakers. One thing I know is that we have are own ear.But Dam. I think people bash bose 601s bacause they thank it is the thing to do. just because your hero might have some watt puppies on a krell and he say forget bose , you want to follow and someday be like him..Who knows. I have been playing these things all day long on a old marantz 2325, and a creek destony CD player, King cobras and type 4 speaker cable. now let me tell you I have been hearing some allsome sound comming from these things. At some points I have heard things That I have never heard before from Mark Knopfler.(DIRE STRAITS.) No these are not My 801s are some Yamaha studio monitors, But they do put out some decent sound. I did note that if you hook them up todays home theater receivers . They dont sound to good. They need a good amp. Not some bass shy denon are onkyo. When these things were built was before surrond sound and home theather.are how ever you spell it.( to much budlight,sorry.wwweeee. OK, I am back. I just hooked them up to my mac 4100 . It has a EQ control nobs instead of a bass a trib. I saw that one review say too much tweet. You need some carpet. 18 inches from side walls and 12 inches from back. back it off a little around 10k to 15k. perfect. Good sound. Not the best ,but there should not be no bashing. One thing they do , is direct the sound , that is why they were built. If you think about it, Every concert I have ever been too. (over 200, Matalica, reba,sting,you name it. Yes and even Michal bolton, My girlfriend made me go.lol) Listening to stakic ex are Dire Straits live, sounds live with these babies in the right room. Think about it. What is a live performance. A band in front of you playing stereo reflecting off your surrondings. That is what they do. If you just blew your JBL l100 and expect these things are going to take over, Then dam. I guess I see why there is bashing. These things are not ment for that type of sound.
Sorry for the negativity but, every time I read reviews about bose, it is like watching the news. I get so depressed. There is a lot of good sounding speakers out there not just bose, That people right bad reviews over. Unless it blows up in you face are just dont play, people shouldnt be so negative. If you come across some of these speakers, get them. have some fun.Listen to music, dont try to be cool and say these are the worst speaker you have ever heard so you can fit in somewere. What have you built in your life, A sandwitch. eat it then. Unless you have made the money building your on speakers that bose have then bash all you want. Go to ebay and check out how many people bid on these things. I guess we all dont know sound. who knows. I know Ever body that has walk in my house today has wanted to buy them from me. they walk right by my wilson audio sofias and go strait to the bose and say that sounds so good. One guy wanted to give me 500 dollars for them. Most of them are not audiophiles and I guess have the sony speacial they picked up from target. They were here for the barbicue on the grill, but dam, I have never got some much attention from a speaker before. I had the grills off , hardly anybody new they were bose are what they was. Tells you something. sometimes we need just to sit down and listen to the music instead of trying to figure out what everything sounds like. Anyway i am going to get off, grab a budlight, turn the chicken over and listen to my bose 601s. remember, your glass is halfway full, not empty. listen and injoy.

Strengths:
benchpresses 100 watt recievers.

Weaknesses:
attracts bashers for no reason.

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