I'm not sure why it took so long, but I finally got around to buying The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds on cd. To my surprise, the cd actually has both the original mono and the whole album remixed in stereo. According to the liner notes, "the stereo version was created, with Brian Wilson's approval, to give the listener a different aural experience, and it was originally presented in 1997 on The Pet Sounds Sessions Box Set."

I'm just starting the migration from the usual Sony/Yamaha/Panasonic consumer stuff to what I hope will be a real, albeit entry level, listening environment.

I've already made my move to an NAD C372 integrated amp, and now I'm looking for suggestions for speakers to replace my current Boston Acoustic VR2's.

The "music room" is a 15' X 25' carpeted areas with a vaulted ceiling, a sofa and love seat and a few pictures on the walls. My listening habits are about 45% classical, 35% 60's, 70's and 80's rock, and 20% country/folk/everything else. Source is CD's exclusively

http://www.harman.com/wp/pdf/LoudspeakersandRoomsPt2.pdf

http://www.prosoundnews.com/publish/news/Hard_Weekend_For_Harman.shtml

Whatever happened to Paul Bolin? Does he still write for Stereophile? I haven't seen him review anything in a long while. I really liked his reviews. He was probably my favorite reviewer since he heard things in much the same way I do and I thought that his reviews of the components that I heard were right on the money.