"Howard Ferstler" wrote in message
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Incidentally, I am happily retired (well, semi-retired)
from the audio-journalism business, and glad to be done
with it. I am still interested in audio (have made some
upgrades to both my audio and video gear lately) and
realize more than ever that it is easy to get really good
sound without spending gobs of money. Some of you nitwits
will never realize this, of course. Mercifully, for the
nitwit contingent ignorance is often bliss.

Howard, I think you misjudge some people here. They know *better*. The name
of the *game* is to coax others into spending excessive amounts of money.
They like the feeling of power this gives them. Remember, this is Usenet,
and almost everything and anything can be falsified.