Listening distance

Dodgealum - thanks for advising someone to trust their ears. WAY too many audiophiles do not do this. For another example, I am constantly amazed at how many people will determine what they are going to spend five or six figures on simply by looking at some numbers and at what others say, without ever listening to the product beforehand. The kid is definitely on to something. There are far too many variables involved in any given audio situation to generalize very much at all. I'm of course not suggesting that the opinions of others don't matter at all, or that the numbers don't matter at all. But you need to be happy with the sound if it's your system, and you can only do this by trusting your own ears. It is easy to get some ear training if you feel it is necessary. I spent two years listening and researching to things in my budget before I bought anything in my system, and ever since I have kept listening and researching, waiting for the day when I can finally buy what I have decided I really want.