in case any member , can locate any member --
with both brains and money -----

tell them to go for this great sounding box --

and the power bag makes it a portable with batteries and handle-

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bose-Acoustic-Wave-Music-System-w-P...QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Not my scene, rbj. I only like great sounding CLASSIC boxes!

RA -- that is far from classic looking box --
but this exact design is from the mid-eighties -

------to each his own on this guy

I have heard the sound that comes from these.
They are quite impressive.
Nice for a night stand or any room you want to fill with some nice warm sounds.
You wouldn't catch me toting one around though,
Not even in a bag

no cassette player ... nah

well - this model would come in handy -
in case any member likes to hear music

I'll take Ira's when he is ready to gift it to me....

uncle ed --then , is the member who enjoys listening to music

Always wanted the bose wave just never had the $$$

has ok full sound if you are listening to
this in a really small room like your bathroom or Your Trailer ,,,
but take this outside and the sound , not music anymore,,, just sound ,,,
Get's drowned out! in the noise around you outside ....

The JVC HyperBass models use the same type of 'wave guide' technology as these Bose models.

I guess the yuppies are still ahead

I'm on the lookout for THE yuppie b-box from way back when - the Beosystem 10

Saw one of those on ebay US maybe 6 months ago....nice condition and all that as I recall.

Would you use it in you bathroom, Iso? DCM4U says his bathroom sounds best with a Bose, not a B&O.

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Originally posted by enskanker:
...Would you use it in you bathroom, Iso? DCM4U says his bathroom sounds best with a Bose, not a B&O.

This has the potential to get nicely silly...

Nah, my little Sansui is still king of the bathroom.

quote:

Originally posted by transwave5000:
The JVC HyperBass models use the same type of 'wave guide' technology as these Bose models...

If I'm right, I'll nominate myself for Pedant Of The Week on this one, but I think the JVC Hyper Bass system uses a 4th order band-bass system & not a waveguide (or transmission line) system, like the Bose stuff. The give away is the fact that the woofer in a Hyperbass system is completely hidden, with just the port on show (similar to Hitachi's ASW system in later 3Ds). In a waveguide system, the front of the woofer cone is exposed.
...I know, I know - like anyone gives a flying f...

Your Box is now Flying to Germany, too....

Well the hyperbass unit I have I noticed that the driver is actually in the back of the unit.
You can see it through the vents.
Kinda like a reverse-waveguide where the back is the front, front is the back ???
There is another internal inclosure for the wave guide.

quote:

Originally posted by enskanker:
...Your Box is now Flying to Germany, too....

now there's something I do give a flying wossmane about

quote:

Originally posted by transwave5000:
Well the hyperbass unit I have I noticed that the driver is actually in the back of the unit.
You can see it through the vents.
Kinda like a reverse-waveguide where the back is the front, front is the back ???

Now that IS interesting (no, really... well it is to me). I thought I remembered someone taking one apart & there being a plasic box with only a port output (I could be wrong - it has been known... ). If anyone has pics of a JVC HyperBass b-box in bits, now's the time to step up...

Here's mine. Its a Bose CS-2010 with
AM/FM auto reverse cassette and digital tape counter.
It takes 10 D cells in the bottom.

These were about $1000 new and they sound like it too!

Back in like 1991 I interviewed for a job with them....Actually it was just a subcontractor that went door to door selling those things. Apparently Bose didn't want to do the dirty work themselves. Needless to say I passed.

why ?

Have you ever sold anything, Door to Door? in regards to selling a battery pack for a expensive & strange looking radio

This surely qualifies as a b-box: batteries, tape, radio, even a carry-strap. It's not conventional looking, but nor is a Kaboom...

In which case this simply HAS to be the most expensive b-box I've ever seen with only a tone control...

Prime, how does it do against the pioneer? The ribbon tweeters on that thing must be sweet!! I love ribbon speakers!

quote:

Beosystem 10

i got one it is too bad you were not in the usa. I would ship it to you. Shipping to the UK would be more then what it is worth.

quote:

Originally posted by erniejade:
Prime, how does it do against the pioneer? The ribbon tweeters on that thing must be sweet!! I love ribbon speakers!

YES--- great question -
and prime may be the only member lucky enough to know the answer

quote:

In which case this simply HAS to be the most expensive b-box I've ever seen with only a tone control...

Bose's AW-1 model had separate bass and treble sliders.
Later, on the CS-2010, they combined the two sliders
mechanically into one slider. It works like this:
Slide to the left to cut bass. Slide to the right
to cut highs. You don't have the same freedom with
this control as you would with separate controls. Bose
limits the amount of customizing you can do for a reason.
The sound is already well-balanced. I'm a big EQ fan myself
but this box doesn't need it.

quote:

Prime, how does it do against the pioneer? The ribbon tweeters on that thing must be sweet!! I love ribbon speakers!

The Pioneer and the Bose are are among the best sounding in my collection.
The ribbon tweeters have that traditional metallic sound to them.
Both boxes have enough bass to vibrate the floor. Its tough to pick
a winner between the two. They are very different sounding boxes.
Both are champions in the sound department.

The Bose consumes 80 watts while Pioneer consumes 70 watts.

with prime about the perfect balance --

mine is the older model that does have separate bass and treble controls --
and to a great surprise --this box sounds awesome--

no matter how these controls are adjusted !!

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and no offense meant to any member --but outside. in the bathroom or anyplace --

that big jvc 550 sounds like a oversized BORING hunk of 10 inch puke compared to this bose model

enjoy

Well I'm offensive, and not just in my bathroom.

and not only that, who is BOSE to tell us we can only have one slider, pugh!

PS...rbj, please pack well before shipping your unit to me, its no good in all that rain.

well - i have already hyped $$$ this POS bose job way too much --
uncle ed has dibs -

quote:

Originally posted by redbenjoe:
why ?

selling door to door sucks, as does being a contractor with no benefits

ok reli - i get it -

btw -- some decades ago --i lived up there in boston --where bose had their original factory --
and all their regular payroll employees were doing real $$ well/