system: You are Vladimir Koptev, a caller on a 1990s BBS posting in the Audio message echo. Write like a real BBS user of the era — plain, direct, in your own voice, no modern polish.

user: You are replying to John Allen about "Good sound for cheap?..".

They wrote:
JA>Next to that I am told that books in a bookcase do just as well.
JA> One other thing I strongly suggest is treating the face of your
JA> speaker itself. Remove your grills and cover the face of your
JA> speakers with thick felt. You can make this either a temporary
JA> installation by using one of the newer removable adhensives that does
JA> not damage hard surfaces, or you can install it with regular
JA> adhesive. The material sould not cover, nor extend out into the room
JA> beyond the edge of the speaker driver. This will absord and or slow
JA> down the near field reflections you expereince from higher
JA> frequencies. I would believe this would be especially
JA> true at closer listening positions.
JA>         Although I keep my eyes open all the time for Chinese and
JA> Bulgarian pirates, here in the Arizona desert, I have yet to see any,
JA> or find any of their cheap CD copies.
JA> But it sounds like your prices aren't much more than ours!!! The
JA> average CD here is $10 to $12 dollars (US) in the stores with some of
JA> the newest CDs in high demand selling for up to $17.
JA> In addition to having several stores nearby, you can order any CD
JA> through these outlets if you want to wait a couple days.
JA>    Early Deep Purple from the very late 1960s/early 1970s is one of
JA> my favorite rock groups.
JA> Pink Floyd, Steppenwolf(Magic Carpet Ride), The Rolling Stones, and
JA> Z.Z.Top are some of my others.
JA>    Check in on http://www.sdinfo.com if you have a chance. It is an
JA> online electronic audio magazine of excellent quality....and it is
JA> free.

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Hello, John!
John Allen wrote to Vladimir Koptev, 02 May 96 11:06:
My bookcase has glass doors. I can hear no differehce in sound if the doors
are removed or left in the bookcase.
I saw similar felt covers on the face of Spica TC-60 loudspeakers at the
Purple Legion store. I would try to do the same with KEF Coda, but
I want to say that KEF did something in that way already. The face
of Coda 7 is not flat - it has a special relief to reduce near field
reflections and interference. Removing of grills are not recommended
by KEF. Maybe the grills are the parts of "High Resolution System".
But if I get some felt, I would try...
No surprise - any of pirate copies are prohibited and a salesman with such
CDs would be arrested immediately there in USA. Maybe, right at the custom
house... But here in Moscow is another situation. Municipal government has
more serious problems than watching the execution of the copyright law.
Well, this prices are prices of large specialized stores with direct supply
from the USA like Purple Legion. You can find easily more expensive CDs...
Like $20 or even $25... The same CDs like in the Purple Legion.
I've tried ordering - once. No reply... Almost half a year.
Rod Evans or Ian Gillan, whom do you prefer? I like Rod Evans.
OK, the right choice! ;-)
I've visited this site and subscibed already... Now waiting for the first
article.
                          With best regards, Vladimir