Help!  I hope I came to the right conference for it!
I am shopping for a home stereo system right now.  I have narrowed my
choice down to three systems, but I cannot seem to decide between them.
I went to every specialty store in town.  My choices now are:
Technics System for $1955
Kenwood System for $1610
and
Yamaha System for $2266
I will leave out the details, because all three systems are relatively
the same.  My problem is that I want to make sure I get a good brand name,
as well as the best price.  I saw a report stating that Yamaha was the 
top system and that Technics and Kenwood were 10th and 11th.
What is some advice?  Should I spend the extra $600 on the best quality
system?  After all, I can talk the guy down when I show him the prices I
have from the other places.  They also have the best speaker warranty.
I have not made a large luxury purchase like this before, and I really
do not want to waste my money.  I would rather spend the extra $ for 
a better system, but is $600 ridiculous?
JODI 
 -- SPEED 1.30 [NR]: My reality check just bounced.
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