Hi Neil, I've only just got to reading your review and it's an excellent write-up. Great photography too, you made me salivate over equipment that I've never come across in all the shows I've been to. Reimyo has just passed me by, I haven't even seen it mentioned in the mags. If I wasn't so very happy with my Ayre C-5xe MP, that would be one machine on my 'must hear' list.

Regarding your woes on losing your job, I do sympathise. I was made redundant in 2002 and was offered the services of an outplacement agency. They made me focus on all my contacts over the years and, like you, I rapidly learned who my true friends were, compared with the so-called ones who disappeared into the woodwork when I asked for help or even just a referral. Still, one (sort of) career change later I couldn't be happier in my work despite earning only half what I used to bring home then. There's a lot to be said for job satisfaction over income.