Eastwood Hifi,
16 Q North Business Centre,
829 Old Northern Road,
Dural, NSW, 2158
Tel: (02) 9651 4922
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Yamaha AVENTAGE - We are official stockists of
Yamaha’s full Aventage line up of premium AV
products. We offer expert advice on Aventage
and ancillary equipment. We will match any
genuine advertised price on Yamaha Aventage
Products (In Stock Items Only)
Yamaha AVENTAGE - We are
official stockists of Yamaha’s
full Aventage line up of
premium AV products. We
offer expert advice on
Aventage and ancillary
equipment. We will try to
match any genuine advertised
price on Yamaha Aventage
Products (In Stock Items Only)
Audiophiles
Eastwood Hi Fi caters for the "realistic" Audiophile - i.e. ones who have a modicum of
intelligence when it comes to the physics and chemistry involved in the reproduction of music
via electronic means.
Having trained in music, metallurgy and electronics in my younger days, you're not going to
get me to argue for expensive speaker cables, interconnects and accessories. Cables do make
a difference, but not to the extent that the blood suckers from most of the "up market" stores
may have you believe. If you're considering speaker cable above $50 metre or ANY type of
interconnect above $299, you've been bullshitted to!
In fact, usually, you need not spend above $6.00 metre for speaker cable and $30 - $100 for
interconnects. Most differences you hear in A/B comparisons are a pure psychoacoustic
phenomenon - the usual rule of thumb is to pay around 5% of the system price on
interconnects - speaker cable is a different ball park 'cause it depends on the length of run,
size of speaker and total power to be transferred - just hope the salesman knows what he's
talking about!
Actually, a guy did bring in a pair of speaker cables that retailed for a couple of thousand
dollars and I actually could hear an improvement over our standard 11 gauge. Now, there was
no scientific reason for this but I do concede that, for some strange reason, this cable did
sound different to similar gauge standard cable. Could be the drugs I was on at the time or it
could be real. I’ll keep a more open mind from now on although I’m not convinced the price
reflects upon the percentage improvement.
If you really need help in your quest, bring in a sketch of the your room and seating position, a
couple of CD's and a rough budget. Keep an open mind and don't believe ANY reviews 'cause
they are all biased in some way (especially those Pommie magazines). No brand snobs either -
the speaker/room combination is more important than any other factor.
Still with us?
Good, then have a troll around and let's have some fun.
N