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Pseudo-intellectual clap-trap. As the famous pop-artist Andy Warhol stated, "art is whatever you can get away with".

^^^ For clarification to my previous post above, the repositioning of the speakers only applies to the swapping out of amplification for obvious reasons already explained previously. Swapping out any other components like cables, CD players, turntables etc, would not require any adjustment to...

@KenMasters, like you, I am in agreement that listening to music should not be a complicated ordeal but instead, should be a simple and pleasurable experience. As I have not tried the suggestions in the article, I cannot speak on the topic from personal experience but, I am at least open-minded...

It may be better to actually read the article and get the point being made before rushing to comment and looking foolish.

Very good article and useful if one has the luxury of a dedicated listening room or at the very least, the space to play with positioning. Most of us unfortunately are constrained by space limitations and furniture placement.

TDK, BASF, Maxell and Sony were always my staples and served me well. The TDK AD-X was quite a nice step up from the standard type I or II. It was fuller and richer in tone and seemed to have greater frequency bandwidth. I also have several metal type IV cassettes including a pack of still...

Certainly sounds like very credible sentiments if... if it were based on the true state of affairs. The problem is, the whole system has been designed to fail on purpose which is part of the current destruction of America and the rest of the world to usher in a One World Government. It is all...

Whilst I am not a fan of the term "audiophile", it is expedient to simply use that turn-of-phrase in this instance. When initially acquiring our audio gear, it is a necessary function to listen to the sonic presentation of said equipment in order to create a system that delivers a sound profile...

I am of the opinion that there should be a flat tax-rate across the board. If everyone is paying for example 15%, it hurts the person earning R50k a year proportionally as much as it hurts the person earning R500K a year. All subsidies and rebates should be done away with. Just as the price of...

What the pricelist highlights, is that the prices seem to be set somewhat arbitrarily. According to MoneyWeb, South Africa’s rand is the most undervalued currency in the world against the US dollar. This is according to The Economist’s Big Mac Index, published last week. The mid-year update of...

There seems to be very little to choose between them and as such, it is simply a case of... which do you prefer? After all, you are the one who has to live with the choice, so nobody else should decide for you. You say you have to choose between the two but, there is another option... just keep...

True and to add insult to injury, many of the larger corporations locally are also complicit. If you go onto Facebook (not marketplace, just the regular feed), you will see lots of ads supposedly sponsored by the likes of Makro, Takealot, Shoprite and various other big names, disposing of new...

I have always asserted that the people here on the forum are no different from the people on other platforms like Gumtree and Facebook marketplace. In fact, I have often seen ads on those platforms by members from this forum. Where members get the stupid idea that fellow forumites are somehow an...

The whole story sounds very dodgy and if true, it tells you a lot about Elon who is not the man he is made out to be. I will leave it there before the usual keyboard cowboys crawl out of the woodwork to attack and call me a "conspiracy theorist".

This type of unethical behavior will continue as long as other members persist in wanting to take the high road by not naming and shaming. There is no point in trying to be gentlemanly when the other party is clearly not playing by the same rules and you do your fellow forumites a disservice by...

System as is clearly set up for show only as not connected, no cables present. Only like the Thorens Reference Deck. The rest looks tawdry. As always, just my opinion.

The place in question is Speaker Repair SA and the owner / operator is a chap named Azam. The business has grown rapidly over the past 5 or so years from Azam and 2 or 3 assistants plus a receptionist to now having around 17 staff members and much bigger premises. Azam was dedicated to wanting...

I believe the question has been answered above. Restore it to proper working order and use as intended, that is the real-world value.

Only you can determine that. If the items bring you pleasure visually like a piece of art or foster good memories / nostalgia, then it does not matter what the rest of the world thinks and the smart thing is to keep and enjoy them or risk regret down the line.

Why complicate matters? Your ears are telling you what sounds good, so trust that and since you are clearly aware of potential long-term damage, you are likely to err on the side of caution. Different rooms will give different measurements based on how lively or how well damped a room is so, no...