HI! I HAVE BEEN AN AUDIO NUT FOR ABOUT THIRTY FIVE YEARS. I STARTED OUT WITH A RADIO SHACK QUAD RECIEVER IN 1975. WORKED MY WAY THROUGH THE KENWOOD AND YAMAHA STUFF TILL TODAY IM USING MONSTER POWER AND ONKYO UNITS FOR MY THEATER AND OLD V FET AND DUAL MONO YAMAHA STUFF TO DRIVE MY MAGNEPAN TYMPANIS AND MG 3.3s. YAMAHA MADE VERY GOOD STUFF IF YOU WERE VERY CAREFULL. THEIR B2 AND B2X AMPS WERE VERY CLEAN. THEIR C2 AND C2X WERE ALSO NICE. I OWNED UNTILL LAST YEAR AN YAMAHA B 1 AMP. VERY POWERFULL AND TIGHT ON THE BASS. MY SOURCE IS AN NEW A.R TURNTABLE AND DENON MC. ALSO AN SONY ES 707 AND 608 C.D PLAYER. I HAVE BEEN VERY LUCKY TO HAVE LIVED NEAR OR NEXT TO TWO EXPERTS IN THE FIELD OF AUDIO. THE FIRST WAS PROFESSOR KEITH JOHNSON. I USED TO DRIVE HIM CRAZY WITH ASKING FOR HIS ADVICE. HE WAS A REAL NICE PERSON AND I MISS OUR NUMEROUS TALKS ABOUT EVERYHING. HE IS THE CHIEF ENG AT SPECTRAL AUDIO AND HAS WON NUMEROUS AWARDS FOR HIS RECORDINGS AT REFERENCE RECORDINGS IN S.F, CA. THE OTHER FRIEND IS GUY VERALRUD AT XTC/VERTEC. HE IS ONE OF THE BEST SPEAKER DESIGNERS IN THE WORLD. HIS ABILITY TO MAKE CROSSOVERS WORK AND CLEAN UP DIFFICULT SPEAKER DRIVER ARRANGEMENTS IS SECOND TO NONE. HE HAS DESIGNED MANY SPEAKERS FOR SOME OF THE HIGHER END SPEAKER COMPANIES IN THE WORLD. I ONCE HAD A MAGNEPAN TYMPANI 3A SYSTEM. THIS WAS AN EIGHT PANEL SPEAKER SYSTEM THAT WAS MARKETED BY AUDIO RESEARCH. IT CAME WITH A AUDIO RESEARCH 2/3 WAY TUBE CROSSOVER. THE SPEAKER WAS SET UP TO USE A 100 WATT ON THE FOUR BASS PANELS AND ANOTHER SEVENTY FIVE WATT AMP TO RUN THE FOUR TWEETER AND MIDRANGE PANELS. THEY WERE THE MOST POWER HUNGRY SPEAKERS I EVER OWNED. GUY WAS ABLE TO CUSTOM MAKE A CROSSOVER THAT WAS ABLE TO RUN THAT SPEAKER SYSTEM ON ONE WATT OF POWER . THIS IS A SPEAKER SYSTEM SET THAT IS ALMOST TWELVE FEET WIDE FOR STEREO SOUND. IT RAN CLEAN ON A CHEAP MCS RECIEVER. HIS COMPANY IS VERTEC IN GRASS VALLEY. I HAVE ENJOYED MY MAGNEPANS BUT ALSO ENJOY THE SUPERB SPEAKERS I HAVE BOUGHT FROM HIM. THE SOUND FROM NEWER DVD PLAYERS IS REALLY GETTING GOOD. THE UN COMPRESSED AUDIO AVAILABLE IN NEWER MOVIES IS REAL CLEAN. I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ANYBODY INTERESTED IN AUDIO AND VIDEO....THANKS: