I gave this a shot today -- hey, what better way to spend a Sunday afternoon, right? -- and found, much to my delight, that things are really improved after doing a clean install. It's like the whole system got dialed in, with everything coming into focus. There's a kind of midrange clarity I didn't know I'd been missing, until hearing it just now. What had been really good after upgrading to SL is significantly better after starting from scratch. I'll admit to having had my doubts, but I had to give it a try -- just in case. Now, I'm very, very glad that I did. Thanks so much for giving me this idea.
-- Howard
-- Howard