Please check out a long post I wrote some time ago on AA...it may help.
http://db.audioasylum.com/mhtml/m.ht...text%3Daudio39
The funny thing is however, that not long after I wrote this I listened to a Kenwood KD-990 DD and purchased it over the tables I had auditioned.
Rick.
Kenwood KD-650 w/ Denon DL-103 (wood body, Soundsmith elliptical retip), Lite Audio DAC-83 & LT-1 Transport, Luxman M-05 Pure Class 'A' Amplifier, Luxman C-05 preamplifier, Yamaha NS-1000M (beautifully refinished and upgraded) on custom made wood stands.
I once met a woman who would put up with me...so I married her!