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Rely on your happiness as a goal. We live in a world of engineered insecurities. Set out what you want, go for it and never come back to any “hifi” website including this one.

After you've...

I’ve recently moved house to a quieter area with higher ceilings but to what I thought would be a less ideal listening room as it was “hard”, having tiled floors. It echoed a bit initially, becoming...

Congratulations Alan.

In addition to listening, any child should be exposed to music making on a tactile musical instrument. Perhaps a xylophone set? It might drive the parents mad, but a...

Hi henningh

Those are real and unfortunate examples reported by the West Australian Commerce department over a 10 year period. The 10 year sample suggests approximately 18% of electrical...

Think that’s called parenting or supervision. We rely too much on others for prevention, safety and well being.

It will be too late to blame a manufacturer/ service provided for lack of...

Kids can damage anything they want or choose. They can even, god forbid, do some major damage to themselves in the process. So lets not leave it to others for this. There was a rod back in my days.

I've put one ear perpendicularly up to the supertweeter before. Play something with plenty of cymbals. You can distinguish the tweeter (which sticks out slightly from the fabric) from the super...

How overbearing does it have to be to prevent unplanned outcomes? fluoxetine, hpv vaccine, thalidomide?

We have nothing to learn from the self interest of the drug industry in general. We all have...

Scientifically and mathematically, fortunately or unfortunately depending on which side one is on, it takes more than one person's opinion or event/s to make a choice statistically significant. Who...

Squeezebox touch was probably the hardest consumer gadget to get up and running for me. i don't miss it one bit. It is amazing though what it can do for what they were going for eg. play SD cards,...

If its bass we crave, wouldn’t an equaliser or tone controls be a simpler and more elegant fix?. ive been mucking with an amplifier with turnovers at 40Hz, 100, 150 and 200 Hz on an SHL5. It can be a...

So would I.

Kumar, I think 99% of people in my neighbourhood love and adore me, but if ran for council elections and only 0.3% of people voted for me, can I say that the voting system is "wrong in...

If I may be late to the party, I think we might be confusing subjective methods and subjective perceptions.

Pharos, I think Alan meant you not being objective, method wise, not personally. You...

Thanks for sharing. If it wasn’t so true it would be even funnier.

The government here had some sense to put a floor under this whole economy flight caboodle. Some called it protectionism but in...

I believe so Alan.

I’m not a network expert but I think there is an option- and for those who know more please jump in. it will be possible to make the computers you want just for entertainment...

Hi Pluto

I bother because

- it comes free with the most ubiquitous computer operating system in the world!

- it's stable and responsive

- Because you can add a plug-in like ffdshow (on...

Hi Alan

Depending on what input/ outputs your HP Atoms came with, they are almost ready to go as a client if you have windows on them. These are those small bare bone client boxes, yeah?

All...

Hi Rob

If I were to set up another system with a new amp and cd player, I'd buy something with very good value, well made and sensibly designed. One of the ways to establish this is to look at...

Yes, very good speakers. I forget im listening to “something”. I’ve started watching tv and listening through the SHL5’s. I run the output from a playtv - playstation 3 (hdmi) into my tv out to...

Imho, saying FM is un-listenable is close to saying all modern CD quality is nonsense. Its almost true, but i wouldn’t go as far as to say that, but there are indeed big variances in “quality”. My...

I reckon if you don't hear any unexpected noises or interference, and have an appropriate and decent antenna it already is a great set up. There is more and more electronic noise nowadays, either...

It’s a bit of a waste if you think how the broadcast industry looks for the “voice” yet occasionally the end result is too much sibilance or comes out sounding tinny, chesty or nasal.

I’ve got a...

It was classy, stylish and beautifully executed. We have a network here which broadcast the highlights of the opening in 3D. Some of the event highlights are also being shown in 3D. Very impressive.

From what I can gather from the posts here, there are purists, seeking virginal sound reproduction and there are experiential lovers, both groups after the rainbow. One groups however appears to be...

Ive tried using Microsoft Media Player’s tone controls, mimicking Quad’s curves. Its possible to save the curves in memory and pull the different ones up. Ive also tried Yamaha’s loudness control...