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LEGENDARY - BOSE 301 Series II Direct Reflecting Speakers - $150 (Bend)
condition:
excellent
make / manufacturer:
BOSE
model name / number:
301 Series II
size / dimensions:
10.5" x 17" x 9.5"D
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The Bose 301 Series II Direct/Reflecting® loudspeaker is a thoughtfully engineered, room-integrated design that reflects Bose’s research-driven approach to realistic home audio reproduction. Rather than treating the listening room as a problem to be ignored, the 301 Series II deliberately uses it as part of the acoustic system. Its hallmark Direct/Reflecting® architecture combines forward-radiating sound with carefully angled reflected energy from adjacent walls, creating a broader, more immersive soundstage that more closely resembles the spatial character of live music.
Technically, the 301 Series II employs an asymmetrical driver layout housed in a compact, bookshelf-friendly enclosure. A high-excursion direct-radiating woofer handles low and mid frequencies with surprising authority for its size, while two wide-dispersion tweeters—one firing forward and one angled toward the side wall—work together to enhance high-frequency spread and image width. This configuration reduces the “sweet-spot” effect common to conventional two-way speakers, allowing consistent tonal balance and imaging across a wider listening area.
The enclosure is carefully tuned for high efficiency and smooth power response, making the 301 Series II easy to drive with modest amplifiers and receivers from its era, while still scaling well with higher-quality electronics. The result is a speaker known for natural, room-filling presentation, excellent vocal clarity, and an engaging sense of space, particularly well suited to stereo music playback in real-world living rooms rather than acoustically idealized environments.