Everybody thanks for your input. Yes I have the bug to buy a class A system that is not priced out of the ballpark. There has been a lot of news about the SE-40 and I did talk to Jeff Glowacki.
I hate to nip at you but nobody has answered the question. Jeff says the only difference is the special edition has a bigger transformer, (he tried to sell me one). I am curious if there is any sonic difference.
I have a blown system due to an electrical power surge that I can fix our just move on to something new.
I have or had a:
Pioneer tu 9900 tuner
Pioneer ba 3000 Amp
Pioneer ca 3000 Pre-amp
All need serious work.
I will check out the Yahoo Forum. Maybe I should have done that first. Thanks again for the input.