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I've been a professional musician for 15 years, with a very active performance schedule. My job keeps me hopping from one acoustic setting to another. Some venues sound like Mammoth Cave, others sound like cotton-lined shoeboxes. They all have one thing in common: I always hear the music from the stage. This is a dual-edged sword; I get the supreme pleasure of participating in the creative process, but I never get to hear the final product from the proper vantage point (the audience's). I rarely have time to attend concerts or jazz performances, so I live for those spare moments spent in "the sweet spot." Thanks to the good advice I've received from Stereophile, I've assembled a system (on a very tight budget) that provides a decent facsimile of a live setting. Perhaps when I retire (yeah, right) I'll spend more time listening to the "real thing" . . . until then, I'll rely on you guys to help me out at home. Thanx!