Quote Originally Posted by skeptic
RGA, you seem genuinely disturbed that in the rarified air of the audio lunatic fringe where money has no meaning and all financial prudence is cast aside, Peter Qtwerp has tough competition. Quite frankly, if I had to choose between what this guy bought and what Qtwerp offers in the same price range, I'd buy this guy's setup in a heartbeat. As for more bass, just open the door, crank up that quartet of 13 and 15 inch woofers, and the sucking sound you hear will be the air rushing by to take up the empty space as those 8" bookshelf A/Ns and those kookagami monoblocks get blown out the door.
Audio Note sells a complete system relatively cheap - your notion of them being ridiculously priced is erroneous as is your hearing as you presume to know how they sound without hearing them - I'm amazed you can hear them telepathically. They have three speakers under 1k - A preamp, power amp and DAC under 1k each - considering the rest of the market - there is nothing overtly obscene about these products. And while they make obscenely priced products so does McIntosh, Krell, Bryston, B&W, Infinity, Tannoy, Revel, JBL and every other company purporting to be high end including Sony, Denon etc.

You like to bring AN up in every thread without hearig them - why is that by the way? Those who protest too much are obviously envious - You're afraid that his two ways are the real deal - that would shatter your fragile ego too much.