On Sat, 20 Aug 2005 19:52:55 GMT, "
wrote:

Simple adherence to sound engineering principles and good setup of the
speaker/room interface will lead to improvement in sound quality. Choosing
things based on price reviewed by people who refuse to control for bias,
will most likely not, or at best, lead to spending enormous amounts of money
on things that make no difference.

Yeah, SP is a laugh. In the latest issue, a $7,000 CD/SACD/DVD
player? A $5,000 preamp? I mean, WTF does a preamp do that's so
difficult/expensive to do properly?