Well, the Coronation is over and The Anointed One gave a good speech and the markets are dropping like a Rock...The DOW is down 210 and might hit negative 300 before the day is over.

I wish the fellow luck as, with this Congress, he is going to need it.

I couldn

Gore Losing the War: 59% Don't Believe Man Is Warming the Planet

By Noel Sheppard (Bio | Archive)
January 19, 2009 - 13:28 ET

He won an Oscar and a Nobel Peace Prize, but a recent poll suggests the Global Warmingist-in-Chief Al Gore is losing his propaganda war to convince Americans carbon dioxide is destroying the planet.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppa...-warming-planet

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