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HUGE Spacious Surrounds - The

Hello "A" Team,

Has anyone tried the 901 direct/reflecting design as surrounds with or without a dedicated surround sub? 901's can be hung upside down by their feet and handle 450 watts.

I can extend the bottom end by adding a REL Storm II to the surrounds if required.

The reason for inquiring: My current in-ceiling Klipsch reference coaxials have allot of competition. I have a much larger center (pair of RF-7's connected in mono) and large, powered fronts. My main system has a SVS Ultra 13 with a Proceed AVP2 +6/AMP 5.

Thoughts, ideas and thanks!



soundsbeyondspecs

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eldartford
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Depending on your room, Bose 901s can sound very good. I bought a pair to use as surrounds in a huge swimming pool room, but have ended up so far just using them for fronts. I use a Behringer DEQ 2496 instead of the Bose-supplied equalizer, and I think that makes a significant improvement.
eldartford
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Soundsbeyondspecs....Most equalizers would not have the range necessary to make the 901s flat. I use the parametric function of the DEQ 2496 to insert a broad and deep multioctave cut through the middle octaves. Then I run the automatic room EQ (which is added to the parametric eq) to maker things flat. I have found it best to roll off the lows below about 30 Hz...those little drivers can do just so mugh. The highs don't quite make it to 20KHz, but neither do my ears.

Note that my Bose 901s are in a huge swimming pool room with highly reflective surfaces all around. I make no gaurantees about how they will sound in a normal room.
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