Well...um...getting back to the subject matter of the thread: this one isn’t the most foolish because it’s free but imo it still qualifies as foolhardy.
You know the one where you place several coins of the top front edge of the speaker cabinets? Even Sam Tellig fell for this one; perhaps that in itself tells you all you need to know about high-end audio reviewers?
Now I’m all in when it comes to the practice of placing certain objects/masses on speaker enclosures in order to reduce cabinet resonances. But coins? Coins weighing several grams at the most are going to affect/reduce resonances on speakers weighing 1000X more than the coins?
Nyet. It’s expectation/confirmation bias in its’ most benign form and to me it’s sheer folly. But like I said before...it’s free so knock yerself out.
You know the one where you place several coins of the top front edge of the speaker cabinets? Even Sam Tellig fell for this one; perhaps that in itself tells you all you need to know about high-end audio reviewers?
Now I’m all in when it comes to the practice of placing certain objects/masses on speaker enclosures in order to reduce cabinet resonances. But coins? Coins weighing several grams at the most are going to affect/reduce resonances on speakers weighing 1000X more than the coins?
Nyet. It’s expectation/confirmation bias in its’ most benign form and to me it’s sheer folly. But like I said before...it’s free so knock yerself out.