If you want to see another informed opinion on components, get a subscription and back issues of the Audio Critic, editied by Peter Aczel. His opinion it that electronics with nearly identical spec's will sound nearly identical, and that double blind tests confirm that over and over again.
The moral of his story is to put your money where your speakers are, so to speak.
So, how do you like your speakers? I had a pair of 805's and then 804's in my living room. Downstairs is home theater with Paradigm Studio Reference all around and Compact 7ES2's in the bedroom system.
