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by sexyflanders 2564 days ago
audiophile n. A person having an ardent interest in stereo or high-fidelity sound reproduction.

please quit your gatekeeping

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Fair enough, no gatekeeping intended. That’s why I ended with a comment that it’s probably fun to listen to! And that’s fine and great! More power to em. Maybe a more accurate wording would be “it’s not an electro-acoustic sound reproduction system built on sound (pun intended) engineering principles in light of the state of the art in electrical engineering”? But that doesn’t have the same ring to it, lol.
If someone orients their speakers in an aesthetically-pleasing-but-sub-optimal-for-hearing manner, then it's difficult to argue that they have an "ardent interest" in high-fidelity sound replication.
And putting them deep in a shelf like that ... I mean, anyone who cared about sound reproduction could hear that hollow resonance sound ...