How's this for synergy? of events

West coast Monterey Bay.

Martinmobile, if we drink barleywine I won't be able to drink my Centenario Anejo Tequila in between beers because I'll snooze right through the killer jazz-not embarrassed to admit that's happened before! Alas, had Pizza My Heart last night and party time is over as I'm picking my wife and daughter up at SFO tomorrow morning and today is cleanup day. Good idea though, I was on my feet swingin' to Ramsey Lewis' At The Bohemian Caverns 'till 11:30pm and having a blast last night. 6:45am now and time to check out a Kenny Dorham CD set containing Eight Classic Albums that I picked up at Amoeba for $9.99 in SF after I took the girls to the airport.

Nice to see some of us have fun with our hobby and not always fretting about hum or if our cables are properly elevated off the carpet. 6:30am, Cecilia Bartoli's Vivaldi album, an Eno-like looper who calls himself Lusine, last solo listening session of ten days straight, then off to the airport to retrieve family and Italian souvenirs. Coffee, no Anejo.

I am extremely happy with the Adagios. Compared to others I've had-Revel F32, PSB Synchrony one, Usher BE-718, etc-I can't really fault them in any big way but I just really like the Adagios a lot more. If I liked the others as much I would have kept them. I did like the Ushers but my wife said the color of the wood clashed with everything else in the room so they had to go. It was a blessing in disguise. The Adagios are detailed without being annoying, have more meat on the bones than the other three I mentioned, and image/soundstage as well as the Ushers. They sound sweet but overly euphonic. Started out with the NAD M3 and that was great but the display was too small for my eyesight so I just brought home a BAT VK300xSE and it is even better in detail and musicality. I could still be very happy with the M3 if I could see what the volume setting is from my chair-it is a great amp.

RW, I like to know the volume setting *before* the music starts. I don't like to start the music too loud or too soft. I put the CD in, sit down, then start the music at my preferred volume-even in the dark. Then maybe some fine adjustments.