Mapman - I think you may have set the record for reviving this 14 year old thread. Congrats.
It's October I want to hear horror stories about equipment.
What happens when good equipment goes bad? Are you the kind of person that can't leave well enough alone? Did you hear the one about the wife that shot the McIntosh? My mother sold my original Beatles albums at a garage sale for $1.00!!! Never mind about U.P.S. we all know about those clowns.