$425 delivered from Audiogon, stereo 150W into 8 Ohms to bi-amp the left channel

$400 deliveered from e-bay, stereo 150W into 8 Ohms to bi-amp the right channel

Purchased from Audiogon for $699 including shipping. Replaced the C162 that failed after many years of service.

Purchased in piano gloss cherry finish on e-bay for $958 including shipping. 2.5 way 1" soft dome tweeter 6.5" mid driver 6.5" bass driver 30Hz - 28kHz +/- 6dB 89dB SPL 1W @ 1m Crossovers at 150Hz, 3kHz 6 Ohm bi-amped

Purchased on e-bay for $83 including shipping. DVD, CD, MP3 Universal player, HDMI, component, digital coax, toslink, 6 channel analog, 2 channel analog outputs

Originally purchased in 1984 from Mom's Stereo Warehouse for $125.

Replacement purchased in 2007

Networked digital music player

Purchased on AudiogoN for $334 including shipping. A clear improvement over the SB3's internal DAC. I look forward to experimenting with it for other devices like the laptop that I use to play music videos.

High purity, oxygen-free copper, 12AWG, 165 strand, 8mm outer diameter, multi-twist, rope lay, white outer jacket, polarity marked, UL listed, CL2 rated. Purchased on e-bay $219 for 500' length

4', connects Squeezebox to NAD C165BEE. Purchased on e-bay for $18

4', connects NAD C165BEE preamp to NAD 272s. Purchased on e-bay for $18

3', connects NAD T534 to NAD C165BEE preamplifier. Purchased on e-bay for $5

Budget power filtering and protection. Provides up to 42A reserve transient current capacity. Given the ancient and questionable electrical work in my humble abode, it's really not safe to plug things directly into the wall. Purchased NIB on e-bay for $283 including tax and shipping.

Koss has not changed the design of these headphones since their introduction over 25 years ago. Amazing sound for less than $40.

This is simply the most comfortable chair imaginable. It is the foundation of my home work space. Laptop at the ready with a second monitor to the left on a lazy susan that has space for remotes and my phone. Music stand to the right for any paperwork. Wood cube for food, beverage and the wireless mouse for the laptop connected to the Visio HDTV.

I needed to improve ventilation between the amps and preamp and decided that this no-cost tweak would meet my needs as well as (maybe) have some added benefit. Article is here: http://www.dakiom.com/news_views.htm#article2

The shape of the room and layout (particularly the French doors to the office) is a bit of a challenge. I wanted to get some more separation between the main speakers to expand the listening area to include part of the couch as well as the recliner. And I still needed to be able to work, have space for laptop and 2nd LCD panel, good TV viewing and placement of home theater speakers. I saw that someone else used the online floor planner, so I tried it. The end of the room with the windows is not quite exactly right but it's pretty close.

An initially non-conductive block polymer that under the effect of a electrical field in a very narrow gap between metal contacts, becomes conductive. The electric field gradient at which this occurs is such that the material will remain non-conductive between adjacent contacts in a multiple pin environment. Applied to all interconnect and speaker cables and jacks.