They know we will pay anything they can think of

@soix by all means allow me to recommend a preamp and speaker to you so you can go out and buy them (Stop by your bank first).... however if they were on sale for $100 I still wouldn't have bought them... don't need paper weights.

Update on user end agreement

1. you understand these are my opinions only and you understand I've been wrong before.

2. You understand that your opinions are yours and not necessarily others.

I remember listening to Peter Qvortrup who runs Audio Note say that nobody in high end was making money these days.

by all means allow me to recommend a preamp and speaker to you so you can go out and buy them

Uh, not on your life dude. 

I think since you can't be taller or have better hair or be better looking, it's important to buy very expensive things and tell people about them as much as possible. Or, just go online and claim you have high end stuff so strangers will think you're smart and wonderful. Win win.

I remember the first time I realized it was possible to spend a million bucks on a two channel music system... Have you ever mentioned that to your non-audiophile friends and been met with disbelief?