I'm not sure if this should really go into General Rants'n'Raves, but here goes.

I originally posted a version of this as a comment in Stephen Mejias' blog.

At the beginning of the Recommended Components list is the following disclaimer:

Is the Audio Technica 440MLa an audiophile level cartridge?

Hello,
I would like to take advantage of my 4bst preamp's XLR inputs for cd player, however it seems that that cd players with XLR outputs start at 3G, are there others that I may have missed that are less expensive? Right now I am using a $500. Marantz that I bought last year. Thanks.

Hi guys,

checking out the APRIL issue, no comment from CHORD on it's failure to meet it's specs. But it's a GLORIOUS who needs all them extra watts $75,000 product. Let us all remember double the loudness is 10X the power!!! What's a few hundred missing WATTS. Gee, somehow when I went from single to B-AMP now 4 MONO high powered amps, not just volume increase but clarity and CONTROL.