Have you noticed that

Thanks for the smile. I agree with almost everything, with the exception of the last point. I guess I fall into the "ALMOST" category, as I recently bought a MF X-10v3 and DON'T plan to sell it. I am thoroughly enjoying what the X-10v3 adds to the sound of my CD/SACD playback, and wish I had discovered it several years ago...

I bought two and didn't realize it.
Wifey says no way. Ever ask before the fact? Ever say it stays?
Minty fresh. You selling gum now?

Thanks for a moderate chuckle.

to paraphrase groucho marx...'if we were any closer to the music, we'd be in back of it.' vacuum tubes are slowly headed down death valley from the moment they are first used. at 100 hours they must stay at a bed and breakfast for a while. .....when you consider that many hi-hi-hi end companies only sell a few hundred(if that) 'new' of any given model worldwide, the second and third sales-go-rounds on audiogon alone is unbelievable.....my all time favorite is the number of dealers info in stereophile. its always 5 to 15.

Brillant pebbles aren't......

The "clever lil' clock" isn't