On 3/10/2010 6:39 a.m., tony sayer wrote:
In , Gib Bogleg.bogle@auckland
.no.spam.ac.nz scribeth thus
On 2/10/2010 12:48 p.m., Andy Dingley wrote:
On 1 Oct, 20:07, Dave wrote:


Says it all really. HiFi as a concept is pretty dead for me. Almost
everything audio sounds 'good enough' these days (if used in an
appropriate context, natch).

Speakers still matter. The rest is just past caring, and has been for
30-ish years,

I agree completely. I'm using old Tannoy Monitor Golds that my dad bought in
the 70s (I think). Unfashionably big boxes, but I have a big room.

Should you want of pass them on to a good home for a crate of beer
tokens drop me a mail)...

yeah, right. Recently I noticed a slight imbalance between the two sides,
which turned out (luckily) to be caused by damage to one of the crossover units.
Some time, presumably long ago when the speakers were installed in my parents'
house, some sort of over-driving had made a resistor very hot, melting some of
the surrounding plastic casing and damaging a capacitor. It could have been
some misbehaviour from my dad's DIY amp, or from his DIY kids. All better now,
and my daughter will inherit them.

I also have a pair of Spendor BC1s that I'm not using but can't bear to part
with. It was a tossup, but I decided to use the Tannoys when they came available.