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When I lived entirely alone, with neither girlfriend nor pets, and had the luxury of a dedicated listening room, I felt no obligation to store away unused hi-fi equipment. Why should I? Life is so much simpler when everything one needs, or might <i>potentially</i> need, remains in plain sight, within arm's reach. Pairs of loudspeakers, then, took residence beside bookshelves, speaker cables found homes atop throw pillows, assorted electronics posed as coffee tables. And, if on a whim I decided it was time to swap my <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/content/entry-level-7">NAD C316 BEE</a> integrated amplifier with my <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/integratedamps/1105exposure/index.html">Exposure 2010S</a>, I'd simply pull the latter from beneath my feet and do it.
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Things change. When I moved into Ms. Little's apartment, I made some space in a closet for gear that wouldn't be regularly used. I placed the Exposure integrated amp and its matching CD player atop a shelf, below which were hung my shirts and jackets. Everything fit tidily, but the arrangement had another, unintended effect: Each morning, when I opened the closet doors to select one of my many similarly styled plaid button-downs, I was confronted with the amp and CD player
[Source: http://www.stereophile.com/content/entry-level-31]
When I lived entirely alone, with neither girlfriend nor pets, and had the luxury of a dedicated listening room, I felt no obligation to store away unused hi-fi equipment. Why should I? Life is so much simpler when everything one needs, or might <i>potentially</i> need, remains in plain sight, within arm's reach. Pairs of loudspeakers, then, took residence beside bookshelves, speaker cables found homes atop throw pillows, assorted electronics posed as coffee tables. And, if on a whim I decided it was time to swap my <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/content/entry-level-7">NAD C316 BEE</a> integrated amplifier with my <a href="http://www.stereophile.com/integratedamps/1105exposure/index.html">Exposure 2010S</a>, I'd simply pull the latter from beneath my feet and do it.
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Things change. When I moved into Ms. Little's apartment, I made some space in a closet for gear that wouldn't be regularly used. I placed the Exposure integrated amp and its matching CD player atop a shelf, below which were hung my shirts and jackets. Everything fit tidily, but the arrangement had another, unintended effect: Each morning, when I opened the closet doors to select one of my many similarly styled plaid button-downs, I was confronted with the amp and CD player
[Source: http://www.stereophile.com/content/entry-level-31]