>>Looks like I'm about the dumbest guy around for understanding sound.. <g>

Ignorance is bliss, you're probaly enjoying your audio rig a lot more than me!

I can never relax because I'm constantly evaluating and tweeking. If have probaly built every concievable type of speaker system known to man searching for the holy grail of good sound. I have even gone as far building equalizers in an attempt to tame room resonances.

Recently I found some relief. After many, many years of listening to CD's, I switched back to record players. Now, the hard edge is gone and sounstage has moved back behind the speakers where it belongs instead of in your face.

Charlie