[quote user="Puncher"] As regards "tone" - I would suggest that expressed above is far more damaging than anything expressed by "Ilikehifi". [/quote] Yeah, but that's just because you don't like me.

The benefit with replacing versus repairing is generally that labor is more expensive than most parts. So if a module can be replaced in under an hour versus several hours of tinkering, you actually come out ahead. I've also seen repair shops close and it's my suspicion that as time goes by we'll (unfortunately) have access to less and less

[quote user="Ilikehifi"] Is 'E 'good or bad ?? I dealt with someone on here recently.. wonder if they would agree hmm.. [/quote] Like I said, it doesn't sound like you're very old so I think folks here have given you a little leeway, but your overall tone limits the "value" of your potential contributions. And while

[quote user="Ilikehifi"] [quote user="jldmelb"] Yeah, it's only 30 pounds for 12 months!! [/quote] Well I was happy just to participate in discussions here - a very valuable contribution I'm sure you'll agree.. but since you are asking me to support the site financially how about you put your money where your mouth is

[quote user="Ilikehifi"] [quote user="beomud"]Well for luxury goods it never is rational. Although you pay 5x more for perhaps just 2x the quality, the utility (personal satisfaction/happiness) that it brings sometimes cannot be measured.[/quote] So you are unable to ascertain how much pleasure you get from stuff? That's weird

The AST module is a software feature in the BeoSystem 3 that consists of a DSP program to isolate multiple listening positions by inputting room measurements. That way poor speaker placement, which could only be dealt with in the most basic ways, can now be compensated for in the software. Several dealers are using this feature as the final touches

Oh design school! Such heady days!

I hear it's supposed to be a phone.

Nope. No more mobile phones. Especially boring ones.