(1) a couple of hundred hours; (2) play barry white's cd, "the icon is love" on "repeat all" at the highest level your amps can maintain without clipping (i ain't kidding here); and, (3) yes, but not as great a one as might be achieved with mezzo utopias. BTW, has anyone else considered how the utopia line was named? "utopia," after all, has two generally recognized meanings that are close to antonyms: the first definition is "a perfect place"; the second is "an impossibly impractical idealistic theory." so, if we apply these meanings to the jm lab's line, one begins a walk through the series with "a tiny portion of perfection" and moves to "beyond perfection." alternatively, you start with "only slightly impractical" and end with "totally, even insanely, useless." so, which of these.... hold on a minute, i've just figured it out. those crafty french had both meanings in mind. -cfb
