On Sun, 03 May 2009 09:48:53 +0100, Jim Lesurf
wrote:

In article 4a006be5.14377828@localhost, Don Pearce
wrote:

Well, you generally get pretty much what you pay for

I tend to reverse that. :-) You may pay for what you get. But you don't
always get what you pay for.

And it has to be said that good imaging is easier to achieve with
smaller boxes, unfortunately at the expense of all the other good stuff,
like bass.

...and more attention required to room acoustics, etc. Unless lucky.

Slainte,

Jim

I wasn't even thinking of the room as I wrote this. Do the test in the
garden, would be my advice.

And of course stick a finger in one ear. It definitely doesn't work
with two ears on the job.

d