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What makes a speaker thousands more...
I actually had my hands on a "dealer price" list from NHT a few years back. At that time, I purchased a pair of 3.3's from a (different) authorized dealer. The markup was unbelievable! Needless to say, the pair I purchased were dealer demo's, and ... 
Anybody else wanna pull their hair out ?
Hmmm... I guess I've just got a knack for it. The little labels on the back side of your components: You know? The ones that say: "in, out, left, right, center, left surround, right surround, pre out, aux in, cd, video 1/2/3, etc"). Or is it just ... 
Out of Control
I agree with the cost/ performance/ image arguments. But there is the fact that a "simple" ciruit means your signal suffers less degradation (loss/ glare/ grain/ EMI/ RFI/ gain/ "coloration" etc..) AND, the simple circuit designs more often than n... 
best tube preamp with bypass for HT
The BAT VK-3i has what they refer to as a "Unity Gain" circuit, which sets the volume at 0db gain, thus passing the signal thru at line level. I've been using mine for a little over a month, and although it seems a shame to burn the tubes for home... 
SS Power Amp/Tube Pre--on/off
Bob,One of the high-end cable manufacturers (Wireworld?) made a switching box (Comparator) for comparing interconnects a few years ago. That would resolve your interconnect issue, but I tend to agree with dekay on the advise that the interconnect ...