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I would rather read a review about a minivan.  Even if I had the money and inclination to buy a mega performance vehicle it would be a waste.  I'm an average driver and I could spend the rest of my life on a race track and still not approach the performance limits of that class of auto.  I don't have to crash 2 or 3 of them to know that.  Kind of like what Clint said in "Magnum Force".  Now a minivan - how many cup holders, number of electric outlets, third row seating, cubic feet with the seats folded, etc. - that's really interesting.

BTW, after decades of reading TAS I let my subscription lapse and I don't miss it at all.

Wolf, in the audioverse people spend large sums of money for very small differences in sound quality.  From my perspective $5k buys a good system and $20k gets you into serious sound quality.  People spending multiples of that amount can readily get better sonic performance, but it's a very small increase.  From what I can tell these people are perfectly happy spending the money for those results.  Magazines (and audiophiles mimicking the mags) resort to hyperbolic language to describe the small changes.  So yes, relatively inexpensive systems can sound "SO FRIGGIN' GREAT", but it is also possible to sound slightly more FRIGGIN' GREAT if you want to spend the money.

It's also possible to spend large sums of money and get a poor performing system, but let's assume most audiophiles have a decent sense for good quality sound and know what they are doing.