Rate these on order of importance:

Herman, how can you say that what I ask is impossible? Come on, all things being equal, don't you give weight to some things over others?

IMHO, I would prefer a great source and front end with crappy speakers to bad source and crappy front end with great speakers.

As for the Pizza, try making a pizza without the dough first. You could probably do it, but what a mess. Plus, pepperoni is not necessary and sometimes a cheese pizza is not bad.

I still think that if I did an A/B test between two systems; crappy source/good speakers vs good source/crappy speakers, I could get the latter to sound better and I could hear Jax2 scream on Audiogon.

And, I bet some country, somewhere in the world, would think cockroaches on pizza is a great idea, so there!! Just think of it.....crunchy pizza. Although, you would have to figure out a way to keep your pizza from crawling away.

Jax2, I merely just asked for the order of importance, in GENERAL terms. I never said anything about price or balance or holding back on this and not spending more on that. Relax.

As for Paul Klipsch, I am not familiar with any of his witty repartee.

By the way, I am underpaid, I do review the audio that I buy, I don't like mice(except with broken backs in a moustrap), and I am not familiar with Resphigi's work, either. Apparently, I need to get out more.

Jax2, just for the record, I would love to have a pair of La Scalas, but my room is so small that my head would be inside one of them during playback. Plus, I looked up Resphigi and I am going to sample some of it. This should be good. Anyone who listens to Opera through La Scalas must know something about something.