What's inside these aluminum/metal cases?

Yes, I should of mentioned that you need to be 18 or over to view them.

Bob, which model MD tuner do you own?

Bob,

I don't know if you are talking of those I listed, but as I stated, I don't know enough about the inner workings and don't have anything negative to say of those I supplied. As for neat, these look neatly done to me, whether good or bad.

I came across this link, it has a number of amps topless, some speakers too.

http://stereodesign.com/topless/

Plus the Clayto S40
http://www.claytonaudio.com/images/s40insidebig.jpg
http://www.claytonaudio.com/images/s40insidebig2.jpg

I have a great picture of the Musical Design D150, I will have to add it to my page.

For clarification, the Boulder link given by CFB is of a preamp.

Jeff - great post. What is a Xilinx Field Programmable Gate Array and where is it located?

Seandtaylor, it is an interesting issue you bring up, at least one I have been thinking on lately. Now, how to put it to words!

There is part of me that says it's just about the music, I want to hear the music the best I can.

Then there is the part of me that remembers the pure joy of using the features that the 383 includes, and I really enjoy the performace to boot. I don't doubt that those features cost, but like I say, I enjoyed them.

Now, to those like you that may care less, no need to pay for them, as in todays market, there are plenty of choices, although I sometimes think this is not such a blessing!

Funny thing about your "minimalist" desire, I have an article that talks how Mark Levinson was the originator of that. (Two notes on that, first I will point the obvious, back them it was ML the person. Second, as far as the signal path, I don't think they have deviated from that.)