[quote user="Karel Uyttendaele"] @peter: I think there's something wrong with the specs... The 6000's go lower than the 8000's [/quote] I wouldn't spend too much time worrying about it - the specs they've released are complete tosh - EFFECTIVE FREQUENCY RANGE* 48-28,000 Hz MEASUREMENT CONDITIONS: *EFFECTIVE FREQUENCY RANGE

Many will know that over the last 20 or so years the average level of recorded CD's has crept up to the point that the source material is purposely distorted in order to raise the apparent loudness of the CD you buy. This has shifted some folks impression of what sounds both good and normal. Whilst mooching around on Youtube watching mixing and

The bottle Stopper is quite attractive ................. although I've never had a use for one! I was thinking of converting it into a posh plumb bob!

[quote user="burantek"] [quote user="j0hnbarker"]People were saying similar things about vinyl 15 years ago. The cassette revival has already begun here in the UK. Sales of tapes increased last year for the first time in about a decade, and collectors are snapping up the more desirable Walkman models.[/quote] I think cassettes are

I off on holiday in a week or so - can't imagine what I'd do without a good read and my iPod!

Looks like it could be similar to a pair of BL4's strapped to an iPod dock - as long as the price relfects this! A pair of BL3's strapped to an iPod dock for the same money would sell in droves!

[quote user="cooldude"] I also have a turntable to play vinyl.... nothing beats the manual browsing through the vinyl collection, picking one and carefully put the vinyl on the turntable etc... with a warm sound as a reward. Something for intimate occasions. [/quote] I prefer CD's for intimate occasions - it prevents having to stop what

What would be interesting, given your experience, is to hears your views after taking examples of your best and worst sounding CD's into a dealers and listening to them on both 9's & 5's instore. I'd also be interested to hear mp3's of your best and worst tracks to see if we can identify or even quantify the quality difference

I assume you've got the position select switches set correctly too? According to the manual, each driver has a label which indicates it's correct "pot" setting. Not sure how easy the drivers are to access/read though. (The labels could feasibly only be marked on replacement drivers, but I suspect they will be on the factory fitted

Performance improvement or cost cutting?