Mule,
Look at all the controversy you've started. You've fired up the minds of many, and have fooled some into thinking you are some crazed Einstein audiophile. You are definitely a musician, with your off the wall thinking, comments, rants and raves. You start to tell us about yourself, then go off on a tangent which just confuses everyone. I think you have opened up a few times but most have missed those threads. Hey, if everyone got paid to post at this site, no one would read anything. This is just our stress reliever after a hard days work. Last night, I put in the Rush Chronicles CD on Pure Direct and pushed my Denon and Polks to a point they haven't seen before. To my amazement, it never seemed like it was extremely loud, but you couldn't communicate with anyone anywhere in the house. Now that's what I call some clean sound. That's what it's all about. The music. The Boston Pops. The Cincinnati Pops.
Have a great weekend, and let me know how that BBQ sauce turned out.