"How loud can it go?"

[Macca]

I've had 'why do the speakers have to be so big? That's ridiculous'

But she was an attractive young lady so I let it go. Thought it best not to mention that I regretted not getting the next model up that were twice the size.

'You don't need all that stuff just to play a CD' was another classic.

My favourite was a bloke who had a JVC midi system and was highly sceptical that it was possible to improve on it. After a long listen to one of his favourites he reluctantly admitted, 'Yes, it does sound a bit better on yours'.

[bumpy]

I have heard someone say their iPhone was the best thing they heard with them crappy little headphones and I just could not get through to them about the sound quality they are missing...

I think people have ever so slowly been moving away from what audio is supposed to sound like and have accepted the status quo with small tinny sounds that they don't realise true hi-fi till they are made to listen to it and not just play music in the background

Sad isn't it

[YNWaN]

I've had the 'it's like headphones' comment and 'it's like cinema without the picture', 'I feel I'm there', 'I can almost touch the musicians' etc. I've also had 'do the neighbours ever complain?' . I don't think anyone has ever asked me how loud it will go; 'why are there so many boxes?' is the most common question (to be fair, there are a lot of boxes).


100% Analogue

[Clive197]

I think the comment "yeah, nice tone" was the one that upset me the most.

[Pete The Cat]

"Couldn't you have one of those small silver units instead ? We got ours from Currys..."

Pete

[Arkless Electronics]

It always surprises me how they hardly notice or comment on sound quality... even though it's probably the first time they may have heard true hi fi sound! They usually want it turned down so they can drown it out with there inane thoughts on last nights "Strictly baking cakes on ice"....

[walpurgis]

I think many people just don't understand good sound quality when they hear it. You get comments like 'it's very shrill' or 'it's very tinny', merely because they've never heard treble before.

[Puffin]

It always surprises me how they hardly notice or comment on sound quality... even though it's probably the first time they may have heard true hi fi sound! They usually want it turned down so they can drown it out with there inane thoughts on last nights "Strictly baking cakes on ice"....

Lol, don't you just love gobshites who only like the sound of their own voice!

[TazSob]

Some cars I hear in traffic do seem to like it loud but the sound... clipping and not pleasant at all

[Macca]

Some cars I hear in traffic do seem to like it loud but the sound... clipping and not pleasant at all

Was next to one at the lights the other day. Builders in a transit, Bangin' choons, Some ICE can be good though. I was walking through the town one afternoon, past a closed nightclub, hear this fantastically good sound, some modern R&B but just superbly clean and sweet, perfect bass. I thought the club was re-opening and they were testing the sound system and had the doors open as it was a warm day. I was thinking it sounded fantastic. But it was coming from a car parked outside with doors open and some youths trying to act tough. Still one of the best sounds I've heard.