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Hi everyone. We’re just getting started on The Ultimate Guide to High-End, covering the world’s best hi-fi, home cinema and display technology. It's on sale 31st July. A few selected hi-fi highlights to whet your appetite: we’ll have all-new reviews of CD players like the Audioresearch CD7 and Meridian 808.2i Signature Reference, amps including the Naim NAC252/Supercap/NAP250 combo, the Plinius Tautoro/SA Reference pre/power and Krell’s gigantic FBI, plus speakers such as the Martin Logan Vantages, Wilson Audio Duettes and KEF Reference 207/2s. We’ll also cover other high-end components, from £20,000 SIM2 projectors to Denon’s latest £10,000 two-box home cinema giants, and we’ll even be reviewing in-car audio, with top-spec systems from Audi, Jaguar, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz and, with luck, Bentley. And of course, we’ll also have our regular feature in the front of the magazine where you all get to have your say. So tell us: what’s so special about high-end hi-fi? If you’re fortunate enough to be an owner, how happy are you with your system, and how do you justify spending the cash to yourself? And how much difference do you think buying high-end kit makes to your listening pleasure? As ever, I’m looking for quotes that try to describe the experience of listening to high-end kit, or try to convey the thrill of owning it. I’m going to put this same post up on the home cinema forum (modified to suit, of course!) but if any of you want to post comments on your home cinema kit on this thread too, fire away. The most interesting contributions will be published in our regular feature in the front section of the magazine. By the way, I'm off on holiday for a fortnight after today, so I won't be able to join in much on this one. I've no doubt my colleagues will more than make up for my absence! All the best, Andy