...While mtry can do quite well to handle himself, if you have come and gone from this site you are familiar with his philosophy...no one has to tell you anything re: the gear they may or may not have...it only serves to cloud the issue...just because you or anyone doesn't like my choice of amp or speakers that somehow excludes my take on things?

For instance, in my limited experience with digital I can percieve no substantial difference in CD payers...I enjoy analog...does that mean my opinion is some how limited ONLY to my medium of choice...if anything, as a disinterested third party, my opinon is the least biased and may be the most accurate...

I also think wire is wire...

I also think HT is a blight on the land...

I also think you should have the cheapest gear available...provided it satisfies you...

ALSO...vibration control with analog is a necessity, not a tweak...

Room acoustics, likewise...in fact room acoustics renders all the wire verbiage null and void...

Power conditioning? Regardless of what's happnin' in the grid, what you do within the confines of you home is really gonna' make some difference...Yeah! sure it will...

And listen... to what?...nothing but some rarified audiophile recordings or run-of-the-mill music? FM broadcasts? Vintage 78s of outstanding performances? Are we listening to the music or the equipment? It should be the former.

There is nothing wrong with mass-market cr@p...it's what most actually listen to...and that's part of the point...if chosen with care, a great deal of it sounds quite good...it doesn't require tweaks and power cords and $60/ft wiring suspended on bridges...it requires a decent performance and a happy listener...

jimHJJ(...and while I may not agree with all of what mtry may say or how he says it...ruin the hobby?...he tries to bring it back down to earth...)