Just wanted to thank @mwood for the kind words and let the audiogon community know who this humble member is, namely Marshall Wood, bass player for Tony Bennett for over a decade and for many other artists such as Dizzy Gillespie, Phil Woods, Joe Pass, and Monty Alexander.
Although we should have done so, we did not seek him out. And he did not come to us proposing any kind of deal or endorsement. He simply called us one day and bought a Rhumba Extreme, paying full price. We believe he has been a satisfied customer since, as he later upgraded to a Rhythm. OK, back to your regularly scheduled preamp programming....