joe- thank you for your comments, there are a few things I would like to change, the rack may be repaced by an industrial rack on rollers so I can get to the back to swap new silver cable sin/out. I wils I would have put the main int amp in the front so I could have run 10ft hi end cables to my mains, but for the total money out it is great. Have you had any experience with modified gear? My audio buddy mod'd his NAD S500 CD thru reference audio mods and it is unbelievable, blows away anything under 15K, I'm thinking of mod'ng my308CD. Any comments?