Boy....I know this will upset a few out there...but, I don't think anything (maybe this isn't a tweek or hype) has hurt the audio industry...and music (read: two channel) more than home theater...or call it surround sound. Many companies have either struggled to survive or "sold out" to home theater. Several of my favorite stores...no longer are.. because of giving up on the high-end. Again, sorry if I am offending anyone out there..., but when I listen to live music..the best seat is still "front-row-center" and the music is spread out in front of me. There is never a trumpet or vocal...or anything else comming at me from behind. I just have no interest in hearing Godzilla's footsteps from the rear-left...but I have great interest in hearing a re-creation of that front row center experience.
Biggest hype-worst tweak
I was wondering what everybody had found to be the biggest waste of time regarding tweaks-I've tried most-largely with satisfying results.The worst one for me was a Statmat (this months Hi-fi Choice has Jimmy Hughes still raving about the thing!)-a polythene floppy mat for sitting on top of your CD's-with weird markings-supposed to disperse static and make motherships land in your garden or something... Pure nonsense-had me pulling my hair out as it stuck in the tray constantly and my face twisted at the strain of trying to hear something/anything.....how my girlfriend laughed as she picked the thing up-you need help she remarked-I sent it back...and yet I fear I might have missed something Ben