I'd love to see a "behind the scenes" documentary on what it takes to produce an issue of Stereophile. Short of that, I'd be curious about the following:

1) Does the editorial and review staff have a life? In other words, is the work so time consuming you're always getting in trouble with your spouses (if they haven't left you already), and the only "vacations" you take are at trade shows? Does it require that you become so obsessive about the work that fiddling with cables or responding to forum questions would be considered an evening of entertainment?

Can anyone point me in the direction of some reviews/guides when looking for a whole house system (seprate zones / inputs)

Thanks
Brad from KC

Hi all,
I just bought a Yamaha AX-596, and was wondering which loudspeakers would fit the best (or otherwise what kind of characteristics I have to look for in a pair of speakers).
Also, considering my quite limited budget, would you recommend a set of second-hand (and therefore older) speakers?
thanks in advance
Stu