Flanders And Swann ~ Song Of Reproduction ~ (1957)

[TheMimifur]

You bought it in a shop? ..... flatter on your bottom.

When I was a child I was taken to the first friend of my Dad's to get stereo and I had to sit in a cupboard in a corner to get the benefit of not "an orchestra actually playing in the sitting room" but to get the sound of a train coming out of a tunnel.

[Abjecttestament]

Only two words can describe this... Pure genius.

[Bluebottlewx5]

"Flutter on yer bottom!!"

Love it!

....and yes, people are still swayed by technical bull- i found optical leads with gold connectors in a high street store recently- I kid you not!!

[saunders2159]

Check out the Not the 9 o'clock News take on this subject (GRAMMOPHONE), also brilliantly observed

[SuperNevile]

@saunders2159 Thanks for that ~ yes woofers, tweeters and rumble filters, this seems to have inspired that sketch.

[Offshoreorganbuilder]

Thanks

[SuperNevile]

Yes, a friend of mine once had "all the kit". "Topographic Oceans" still sounded a load of rubbish though!

[ant501UK]

Brilliantly observed. Even in these cynical times the golden ears brigade are still conned into buying "directional" speaker cables and gold-plated mains plugs!