Hehehe... Brian, it's just after having read the same old blinkered 'pearls of wisdom' from the assembled 'cognoscenti' (all six of them!), one can't help but giggle. Check out this 'beauty' from AJ:

Just to put the record straight, I feel I should point out that Tubes/valve amplifiers, although not hi fi because they are too distorted and don't have enough headroom, are actually less distorted than a record player cartridge.

Friends of my parents had Quad 2s and ESL57s and I thought that marvellous and like all this old stuff, I can quite understand why people still buy it and enjoy it, I have old cars and enjoy them, but what irritates me is when it is suggested that it somehow compares with the best of today.
And that would be ADM9s, I presume?

Oh, FFS!!

Anyway, as long as they're happy!

I am presently listening to

Title: AVRO Klassiek Beste NL MP3 256
URL: http://opml.radiotime.com/Tune.ashx?...e&PartnerId=16

Edvard Grieg - Radu Lupu, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn - Pianoconcert in a op.16 (Decca 414432-2)

And very nice it is too.

It is better than my Quad FM Tuner.
I'm sure it is, my friend, so enjoy!

Marco.