Well, about a month ago, my Mastersound Due Venti went on the nod. I listen to music a LOT, so I was mortified. Scrambling for a temporary replacement, I discovered(much to my dismay) that all of my other amps(FM Acoustics, Quad, Bryston) were tied up in the studio.

Hola,

Got to spend some time with the new Mini HIlls...Ferguson Hill FH007/8.

It's a three way system with an active woofer and seperate tweeter/mid enclosures. The tweeters are similar to their big brothers, the FH001, in that they are open baffle - which kind of fits my own taste for planar/dipole speakers.

They come with their own little 'integrated amp,' so all they require is a source. We played with several, and they were quite accommodating.

Hi,

I am trying to decide which amp to match to a pair of B&W 685 speakers.

The two front runners are the ones in the title. My reading so far suggests that the Roksan is a much better all round amp than the Rotel, with better sound and higher power output.

On the other hand, the Rotel would be a good match for the B&W due to their shared production sources. Also the Rotel is about

So, I was reading a spiel from one of my buddies at Audio Annex, where he was describing a sort of "eureka" moment...

I am one of those people who reads Stereophile from cover to cover, usally while listening to some great music. As much as I enjoy music (I have over 1500 CD's) and the great sound a great hi-fi can produce I'm not one who believes that we have to learn how to listen. Yes I can often hear new things when I pop in a Coltrane CD but it just adds to my enjoyment of music.

I have been reading a good bit of silly justification for the high price of audio gear and cables in terms of the gold or silver used in the unit. This, to be charitable, is BS. Here are some basic stats on gold and silver.

Pure gold sells at under $840 a troy ounce
Pure silver at under $11 an ounce

Your home IS your castle: After years of leniency, top judge says burglars must face stiff sentences

By Matthew Hickley

Lord Judge

Warning: The Lord Chief Justice has stressed burglary of a home must always be treated as a 'serious criminal offence'

Burglars must expect stiff punishment for violating homes, says Britain's top judge.

The Lord Chief Justice yesterday urged the courts to impose harsh sentences on thieves who target vulnerable victims, steal irreplaceable sentimental items or terrify residents.

Hello:

I'm in the process of putting together a HT system and want to get a decent set of speakers that I can use for both classical music ( I have a lot of CD: orchestral and piano as well as a lot of LPs ) and also videos and movies. My budget is about $2K for the speaker system. Will this be a good choice for such a system?

Thanks for the feedback on this,
Jhon