I am a longtime Folding @ Home participant, so I was thrilled to see the
SETI Distributed Computing project

ive been on for a while. Check it out, join up!

Just heard that Jim Thiel has passed away. RIP Jim...

As a general rule, are Pinnacle speakers worth it? (Yes, I get the overreach of the question.)

I don't see them on many 'best of' lists, but the occasional comment I run across seems pretty approving.

tks,

s.

I have never had a decent stereo sytem, and darn it I deserve one! I can really only spend about $500-700 dollars though. I have the opportunity to buy a used Onkyo TX-8511 receiver $65. It works fine, is this a decent receiver? Or should I just buy a new one? I thought I could spend about $500 on cd player and speakers. Should I get better speakers or cd player? am I just being cheap to only spend that much or can I build a decent system within that budget?

Romantica!

Have barely started the read but I have to ask, am I missing something or is there no category for wire this issue...and, when will you folk review the new PS audio front ends???

The 75th anniversary C22/MC75 have just been recently reviewed over here in the UK by hi-fi news.

What stood out to me was some of the best tube amp performance I have ever seen, which potentially removes the concept that listeners love tubes for the distortion.
Now I am not a tube fan myself due to it for some quirky reason reminding me of the old black and white Frankenstein films, but I can appreciate this McIntosh.