That makes perfect sense. Some people stuff the hole with a large number of drinking straws. Its an alternative to the foam and has a less dramatic quenching of the bass.
Good luck
The sponge blocks are a bit of a cop out for those people that cant site the speakers correctly. It reduces bass output and might remove a boominess in the room..
Normally speakers with rear ports (where the bass comes from) are designed to be run about 1 metre from a rear wall and avoiding corners. What problem are you trying to solve?
What are you listening to that sounds distorted, radio, MP3, CD?
In the early days of stereo while sound engineers were acclimatising to the format, there was a lot of left and right stuff. It was not unusual to have the voice in one channel and the instruments in another. Today, they are much...
I think your prejudices are very much in evidence. "I cant afford an expensive system, ergo they are not worth the money."
Just relax and get off your high horse.
I totally agree, there are system that are sold as 'lifestyle' where price does not reflect sound quality, but that's no reason to denigrate those enthusiasts that are able and willing to pursue better SQ. Out of interest my speakers use drivers from the 50's so I am not against buying used...
Difficult to argue with a bigot. :)
Kosh has decided he personally can hear no difference between two systems of unknown origin therefore all those hundreds of thousands that can are snobs etc. Nice one.
Its like saying that a fan can be 100% happy with League Two football so Premier...
Sad you feel the need to push your prejudices onto others. If you cant here the differences between different turntables or even cables I would suggest you need to upgrade the rest of your system until you do.