Robert A. Fink, M. D. said:

Anyone have an opinion of the following set of components:

Sure. Everybody has opinions on those components. But first, whose
sockpuppet did you say you were? Can you prove you exist? Do you
believe DBTs ensure valid results? Romex or Monster? Are you a
registered paedophile?

See, Bobby, you just can't come waltzing in here and ask some
audio-related question. You need a proven identity, first. Do you
even understand what is being discussed?

Wow, what a wonderful welcome to this NG! One asks a legitimate
question and it draws a set of flames.

This specific "flame" wasn't directed at you.

For anyone's interest, I simply happen to be a private individual, a
neurosurgeon who practices in the San Francisco Bay Area, who enjoys
classical music and good jazz, and who is in the market for a new
audio system for my home. I also happen to be a musician myself
(piano and percussion) and I have been working with audio components
since the late 1950's (we called it "hi-fi" in those days), when it
still was powered by tubes.

Prove you can hear your way out of a paper bag and you're not just a
stroke.

I am about to spend just a little short of $3000 for the components
mentioned in my original message, but it looks as if I came to the
wrong place for any input. Since when does a poster to Usenet need an
"identity"? Are passports required?

We can go over this as many times as necessary.

I won't bother anyone here again.

Maybe somebody will enlighten you. Doggie was a little heavy-handed
in my opinion.