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The high prices of components in TAS doesn't bother me. However, TAS does an incredible disservice to the community by covering the SAME manufacturers over and over again.  It's disgraceful actually. 
I would love to know the percentage of brands covered in relation to the amount of brands available.  It would be pretty scary, I think.
It would be like being a spice enthusiast and reading only about salt and pepper every month.

February issue has Constellation, Hegel and NAD Master Series.
Gee, haven't ever seen those brands in TAS before.
That rag is a disgrace.
Like I said before, reading TAS is like being a spice enthusiast and reading about salt and pepper.
Same old, same old.

Hey mmporsche, you've pretty much proven my point with your latest purchases. When someone reads a magazine such as Magico Monthly....(oops, sorry. Meant The Absolute Sound), all one hears about every month are Magico, Raidho, Wilson. Components like Constellation, Soulution, D'Agostino, etc. It's the same crap covered over and over and over.  It's a disgrace and like I said, TAS is doing a disservice to the community regarding lack of exposure to other brands. Read 6moons if you want the exact opposite of the rags, IMO.

@mmporsche: Understood. It's great that you were able to find those brands on your own at shows. However many audiophiles don't attend and depend on the magazines for exposure. That's all I meant.  
I've been to the NY show 6 or 7 times, CES and Rocky Mountain and frankly, they're usually just more of what the magazines cover anyway. It's very rare that I walked into a room to find a brand I had never heard of before. That's what I was going originally. I want more exposure to new or existing brands, and the magazines, while achieving this, seem to cover the same old, same old way too often. 
Like I said before, it's like being a spice enthusiast and only reading about salt and pepper every month.
Good luck with your new purchases.

@mmporsche: If looking for a rack, check out Audio Elegance. I have a three tier, double wide rack called "the lowboy". It's beautiful, IMO. It was far cheaper than some of the other multi-thousand dollar racks I've seen but won't mention here.  However, it doesn't offer any vibration control or absorption. For that I use separate products and put them on the shelf. 
Google the company and you'll see different finish options as well.
You can see it in my virtual systems. 
Hope this helps and good luck with everything!

It's not the prices in TAS that bother me. It's their repetitive coverage of the same brands over and over.