Maybe I am the only one at the party, but I really enjoyed reading the extensive explanations of the various recording techniques. As someone who does amatuer recording I am often surprised that more audiophiles do not "put their toes in the water" of some sort of audio recording.

alright a couple of days ago a friend gave me a set of towers with 2 15" cerwin vega 252 series speakers in each tower. and my question is what kind of wattage in an amp am I gonna need to power these towers? I currently have a 750watt reciever but I know thats not gonna come close to powering it

I would love to hear people's impressions of these 3 sets of speakers. I have only heard the quad22L but would like to know how they compare on things like overall balance, and low frequency extention with the paradigm and Totem. Sound off, and let me know what you think!

As much as I admire John's work, this piece seems only the latest episode in an ongoing quest, on the part of editors and reviewers at most "audiophile" magazines and web-sites. We all sense the value of our product (music in the home, at the highest affordable level of quality), and we tend to be evangelical about it. Commercially, the industry needs constant infusions of new blood, as the threat of death by gentrification is a much-discussed fear among those at the business end of things.