Hello - I inherited some Bose 901 speakers. I have the EQ but am a bit confused on how to hook these things up and hoping to get some advice.

Ultimately I want to mostly play audio from my phone via Bluetooth/ streaming. A bit of context and info on other audio gear I have: I have a number of Sonos speakers around the house. I have a SONOS AMP I could use with these if it works. Or, if it is better, I could use this old Kenwood 103AR Receiver I have laying around too. I bought a cheap bluetooth module off Amazon.

Doing a bit of research on the sub-reddit it seems people don’t necessarily love these things. But, and advice on setting these up and which cable to connect where would be appreciated.

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  • yosoysimulacra@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Don’t listen to Bose 901 haters. Most of them are either talking out of their ass and have never heard them or heard them without the EQ. Set up correctly they can be jaw dropping.

    You’re 100% right. For their time, they were/are amazing. They needed plenty of power because of the eq, but they are special. I was shocked at how well they’d hit those low ~20hz notes.

    I sold my 901’s years ago, but I sometime regret it.

    • Typical-Ad-6730@alien.topBEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I love mine paired with a Yamaha CA1000. You could play music through the best speakers,and tell someone the sound was coming from BOSE 901s and they’d tell you it was garbage.