Male readers will understand...

[dutchman]

I've just been awarded £6,500 to fit-out my new home.

That's £500 for carpets and curtains and £6,000 for

Spoiler:

a new pair of stereo speakers!

[Melisandre]

[rebbonk]

Dutchman, do you remember the speakers set in concrete drain pipes?

[dutchman]

Not exactly Rebbonk but I remember the sub-woofers mounted in the cardboard tubes used to cast concrete pillars. Also Thiel famously made speakers with concrete front baffles to reduce reflections.