Ross Burtonhttp://www.burtonini.com/blogA potted account of Ross' lifeen60Ross BurtonCrap Speakers Of Doomlife/crap-speakers-2006-07-20-09-15http://www.burtonini.com/blog/life/crap-speakers-2006-07-20-09-15I just discovered a use for the Treble Booster EQ on my iPod... Now that I'm working in the spare ... I just discovered a use for the Treble Booster EQ on my iPod... Now that I'm working in the spare room study pretty much all the time I really miss not sitting in the sweet spot for the hifi downstairs. Hanging around I had some cheap Logitech computer speakers, so I've dug those out and plugged my iPod in. This morning I fancied a bit of Sigur Rós so I slapped on Ágætis Bryjun and after two minutes was enjoying the bass (the speakers are sub/sat) but was left wondering what happened to the drums. If I listened very carefully I could just make out a snare, but the cymbals... totally inaudible. Thus Treble Booster, which has at made this album listenable too at least. It's a pain that these speakers are so bass-heavy as my laptop doesn't have bass/treble controls. The irony is that the sub doesn't even go that low, on Flugufrelsarinn the bass drum is totally drowned out by the organ. The mid-bass is just very, very loud.

Oh well, I'm planning to get a pair of small speakers (MS Avant 902i are looking good) and one of those super-cheap Super-T amps for this room at some point.

NP: Ágætis Bryjun, Sigur Rós

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