P14 of Tuesday's Financial Times carried an article entitled "The sound of the stereo fades into history". Interesting facts from the article: "Sales in the US of home audio components such as stand-alone comact disc players and stereo amplifiers were down by almost 30 per cent in the first half of this year according to the Consumer Electronics Association." "In 1999, according to CEA figures, 270,000 stand-alone audio components were sold in the uS. This year the total is likely to be 20,000" Talking abot Marantz "But even the company founded by legendary audio engineer Saul Marantz believes that two-channel audio will - like vacuum tube amplification and vinyl LPs before it - soon be a market only for enthusiasts." Anyone interested can PM me for a copy of the full article - or maybe a moderator can contact the FT for permission to use it or provide a link?