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Recommending Speakers.

Posted 29-12-2010 at 11:45 PM by Russell.Williams

I'm worried that it seems that almost everything I've reviewed gets recommended one way or another and I feel that I should throw some light on this.

I tried to illuminate the point (in an earlier blog post) that whilst not all speakers may to be my taste, that doesn't make them bad speakers. They're simply a speaker with a balance of strengths contrary to those I want and I hope I am illustrating those strengths for people that lean in that direction.

By way of an...
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Reviewing; It changes things.

Posted 08-05-2010 at 12:19 AM by Russell.Williams
Updated 08-05-2010 at 12:21 AM by Russell.Williams

Once you take up the baton of a reviewer, then you tend to have to review products in isolation because that is what reviewing demands - Focusing on the product in question and sidestepping the inevitable forum demands of what's better, what's best.

The art of reviewing (as I quickly discovered once I thought about it and even then I'm not sure whether I hit the mark or not) is in having a neutral benchmark, even if it's not what you necessarily like and then commenting upon the strengths...
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On Dual Subwoofers.

Posted 04-02-2010 at 11:51 PM by Russell.Williams

Having previously written about the superiority of one good sub as opposed to two inferior examples at half the price, I now find myself the proud owner of two identical subs. This isn't quite the blatant hypocrisy it may seem as it is more a result of practical considerations. I couldn't really justify a single 200L box in my room at any price nor find an acceptable form factor that would agree with the wife, but a pair of 115L jobs disguised as tables disappear quite nicely, thankyouverymuch....
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Before you PM me....

Posted 24-11-2008 at 8:28 PM by Russell.Williams
Updated 20-12-2008 at 1:57 PM by Russell.Williams

....could I ask that you post the query on the open forum and if you want me to respond, PM me with a link to the topic and I'll take a look.

I'm being bold and offering to speak on behalf of all of the members who have a large amount of inbox traffic - more than 10 one day last week.

I'm not about to come over all Ringo Star or anything, but the point of a forum is for questions to be asked in public so the answers can be for the benefit of all. The problems PMs create...
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XTZ and me.

Posted 30-10-2008 at 12:12 AM by Russell.Williams
Updated 01-11-2008 at 1:09 AM by Russell.Williams

I've decided to post a little background in my blog as to how I ended up with a home demo of most of the XTZ range, thus saving anyone reading the reviews from a windy description of my personal AV journey.

Unlike a professional reviewer, I am not inundated with gear to review on a minute by minute basis, so it may help to understand what I am chasing from my system. Everybody has their own idea of what their system should offer, but I feel it only fair that my comments and preferences...
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