New England B.S. Thread

Whole Lee Hell those things are expensive! I'm not an audiophile, do they make good stuff? I have a little Bose sound bar I got on sale at the outlets that does pretty well in my living room but I know, in the grand scheme of things, Bose isn't all that great.

 

Were talking about these not these.

BTW, Bose sucks!

 

Honestly i'd make room in the back for something bigger/deeper but if you insist on going under your seat you could do something like this Rockford.

https://www.crutchfield.com/S-aVm42...V_WHO660ls39ez3o36o4FfmV5tWcAQjBoC6h4QAvD_BwE


Kicker makes this one, specifically for under the seat.

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_20611HS8/Kicker-11HS8.html

Focal makes one too but it's a lot more expensive!

https://www.crutchfield.com/p_091IBUS20/Focal-Integration-IBus-20.html

 

With all this talk about snow tires, I ended up mounting my snows today. The FJ center caps are a PITA x 100 to mount correctly. I also need to find some thin walled impact sockets to get the lugs off in the spring.

IMG_8034[2179] by Mike M, on Flickr

TBH, I don't love them as much as I had anticipated. Maybe I just need to clean the truck as glaringly clean wheels on an otherwise gross truck doesn't help. Maybe I should have went back to the stock OR wheels on slightly larger tires, or maybe I'll eventually hunt down a set cheap of Sport alloys in the next few years. They seem to trade cheap as they're less desirable than the 3G OR wheels. Whatever happens 5-6 years when I replace these snows, I'll likely go back to a 16" tire and run the TRD OR wheels.

I still need to pull my bar, put the tonneau back on and swap out the grille / fogs, but this was a project done.

Thoughts?

 

I like them but i agree the tires look small!

 

Which is wild because they're 265/70-17 which is the same size as my BFGs (and bigger than my last snow set). I just don't want to go down the road of cutting the truck or spacers to fit 285s.

 

I have a pair of 201 Series IIs. They are weird speakers with a tweeter that faces backwards. They were beat up when I got them, so I mounted them outside under the pergola. When they start to fall apart, whatever. I'll buy some true outdoor speakers then.

My real gems are a pair of Dahlquist DQ20s. My former boss gave them to me when he moved. They need a little work--there is a company in NY that builds woofers and some day I may send them out. They also sell parts that I am missing like binding posts. Then I hear they work best on a 200+ WPC tube amp.

 

I have too disagree, Bose do not suck. Are there better ones, no doubt.

 

No clue, I think I was told shipping wasn't the issue because I said I would work around the shipping issue by picking it up. I just wish they would make the dam thing, it looks SO much better.

 

Mobtown makes a similar looking one

 

Ya, not a fan. Of the look or of Mobtown now.

 

I'm just laughing over here looking at my house stereo. It doesn't even have Dolby Pro Logic! But small house requires less watts. I rarely get the chance to turn it up loud to begin with either..but when I do get to listen to it full blast, so does the whole street. Mostly Pioneer stuff.

@Pugga Bose isn't terrible by any means. Ain't the name they were 25 years ago necessarily but at what point one balances cost/time using the stuff is up to the individual.

 

Looks fine to me, winter wheels aren't necessarily for show by their own design anyways. Long as they work.

 

I agree 100%

 

Rob is that equivalent to Sonos?

 

I'd say they are much better than Sonos.

 

Bose are not very good at all. They do have a good marketing department though! They like to make people think that they make good speakers!


I will say one thing though. Bose makes decent headphones though. Not the best but no bad either!

 

Nice. I'll have to look more into them

 

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(we passed the right to repair bill and can now see what these assholes are sending to advertisers etc... I am sure it will quickly follow in other states until it is the norm)

 

Bitchin! I know politics aren't allowed, but I hope this is acceptable to celebrate given the context of this forum I'm in RI. Wonder how this will affect out of staters going to Mass shops/buying from Mass dealers instead. Haven't spent any time researching it, I'm not from MA.

But, looks like RI is officially changing its name.