This made a difference!

[icehockeyboy]

So, picture my listening room.....about 20'x10' ish.....audio housed in some Ikea things...TV directly above...Ushers either side approx 6 or 7' apart, with nothing to the right on the back wall, but a Next display unit, the sort that is made up to have 9 'boxes ' to display stuff on to the left of the left speaker.

So the other day I decide to swap some things around, but leave the Hifi where it was, but outed the Next piece of furniture, to find that by doing so, it improved the sound of the kit, everything sounded a bit more 'open' and had a touch more definition.

The wife couldn't hear any difference and said I was gay.

Anyone else find moving some furniture yielded an improvement.

[Firebottle]

'The wife couldn't hear any difference and said I was gay.'

:lol::eyebrows:

That's given me a good laugh on a wet evening, magic.

:cool: Alan

[DSJR]

If the wife couldn't hear it, then you're deluded sir :lol: Ladeez' hearing is shedloads better than ours (most men are tone deaf too) and if she couldn't tell a difference, it's likely there isn't one :rofl:

Seriously, shelving units can and do resonate, but can also help break up reflections in a room, so anything's possible :)

[icehockeyboy]

If the wife couldn't hear it, then you're deluded sir :lol: Ladeez' hearing is shedloads better than ours (most men are tone deaf too) and if she couldn't tell a difference, it's likely there isn't one :rofl:

Seriously, shelving units can and do resonate, but can also help break up reflections in a room, so anything's possible :)

Please take into consideration that this is from a woman who claims her Amstrad stack from the 80's is better than my system now.

[Gordon Steadman]

Please take into consideration that this is from a woman who claims her Amstrad stack from the 80's is better than my system now.

Well it probably is. We all know its just snobbery that makes us think that anything touched by Sugar was utter crap:eyebrows:

[Tarzan]

'The wife couldn't hear any difference and said I was gay.'

:lol::eyebrows:

That's given me a good laugh on a wet evening, magic.

:cool: Alan


x31 made me chuckle also- glad it worked out.:)

[walpurgis]

Well it probably is. We all know its just snobbery that makes us think that anything touched by Sugar was utter crap:eyebrows:

I'm trying hard to think of an Amstrad product I had any respect for.................Nope, not working! ;)

[Gordon Steadman]

I'm trying hard to think of an Amstrad product I had any respect for.................Nope, not working! ;)
There's a wonderful pair of Amstrad tower speakers going on eBay. The boxes are admittedly falling apart but there are four people out there who obviously appreciate quality. When I looked the bidding was up to £8 - might even make double figures:scratch:

[nat8808]

I'm trying hard to think of an Amstrad product I had any respect for.................Nope, not working! ;)

Word Processor? CPC was ok at the time for some games and Im sure my uncles PC was an Amstrad running GEM OS with Marble Madness a good game!

[Stratmangler]

Please take into consideration that this is from a woman who claims her Amstrad stack from the 80's is better than my system now.

What if she's right? :eek:

[Gazjam]

remember my Amstrad Amp and Tuner setup back in the day, had Ram speakers if i remember, or was it Solavox? :scratch:
Thought I was a wee bit special with my big silver box separates....


Sounded great playing Billy Joel from my Dual 505...audio memory a great thing innit? :)

[Spectral Morn]

Yes moving furniture around will cause alterations, possibly improvements to the sound. Biggest upgrade anyone can make re this is moving their hifi (or anything else they have sitting there) from between the speakers, soundstaging, imaging and frequency integration will all improve.

Yes I know longer cables are required but even so it will still sound better.



Regards Neil

[PaulStewart]

FWIW The Amstrad 5000 series was generally crap, but at one point Amstrad ran out of bits to make them and went to Pioneer to sub contract. If you find an amp or tuner with the Pioneer innards they are belters and cheap as chips I had one of the tuners years back and it was a thing of joy. At the Audiojumble in Feb, I saw two of the TP 12 rega planet knock offs from his sugarness go fo 70 squids each, this is possibly the worst TT ever made, go figure.

[nat8808]

'The wife couldn't hear any difference and said I was gay.'

:lol::eyebrows:

That's given me a good laugh on a wet evening, magic.

:cool: Alan

It gave me a wet laugh on a good evening.