Wow, I went to Circuit City and Best Buys last night (I live in the sticks so it was a trip to the big city). Man their stuff sounded like K…rap, and I’m not that picky. I don’t think it sounded any better than the stuff I sold as a kid in the 80’s. Except in the “O’L Days” subs were only something you ate, not listened to.

I’m going to hit some higher end audio stores now to see if I can hear anything other than Pioneer, Kenwood and Sony. Hopefully they’ll have some of the stuff you guys mentioned. I imagine I’ll end up buying this stuff “unheard” from the web.

I might also have to rethink my budget. Maybe I’ll just get a cheap piece of crap amp and live with it. However I always wanted a good system. It’s a shame I’m so damn cheap.