Hi Phil!
Great message. Agreed with most of what you said about consumer audio, That's 
pretty much the way I see it. A "toaster" is is pretty much a toaster unless 
you want to pay premimum dollar for exceptional features and performance. So, 
if you need or desire it, you pay for the extras.
Most all stereo systems that are made will satisfy most of the people, that's 
economics, marketing, and average musicial and acoustical discerning levels 
of most of the potential purchasers of a product.
Many of us here are into exceptional quality (transparency), flatness of 
response with wide bandwidth, low distortion, with exceptional dynamic range 
(or headroom) with low or no hiss, hums, rattles or buzzes (srarting to sound 
like a specification, sheesh!)
 PR> Hehe, I just saw something in the Damark catalog that perked my
 PR> interest slightly. It was a pair of sub transducers you mount to your
 PR> car's frame to achieve the bass "feel" without the bass noise.
 PR> You supposedly only get the tactile bass without the audio. I
 PR> wonder if anyone's tried this approach in a home setup?
Haha! What a wonderful thing to place on the walls next to my neighbor that 
thinks he's a DJ. I've heard of drivers like that being placed into chairs 
and seats though,,, why not place it right in contact with the destination... 
our bodies... might make a good massage setup too!
 PR> Consider my age when I say this, I'm 39.  When I was younger, the
 PR> differences in a given price range were much clearer then they are
 PR> now.  An entry-level tape deck (only 1 record/play head) from 5
 PR> different manufacturs at the same price point would show variations
 PR> in workmanship that boggled the mind. These days, a consumer
 PR> grade cassette deck costing say $150 will be about the same quality
 PR> no matter who manufactured it.  The consumer gets to pick between
Exactly my point with the "toaster" statements above.
Bonnie *:>
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