This may sound strange but I got seriously interested in the
hobby after building a few kits over the years because I wanted
to improve my sound setup at the PC. That led me to look
for high efficiecy things and low wattage doo-dahs that would
tweak the ol' 'puter to listen to sound files.

Now I'm moving into Linux by way of Simply Mepis and a
couple other 'for grins' type operating system experiments.
And in there I have to learn about ALSA and the whole audio
environment of the open source world. I've read that
there's even a special distribution called DeMudi for
Debian Music Distribution that is specifically for the
audio engineering and enthusiasts migrating to the
open source world.

I never have listened to anything in a Best Buy. Where are
they going to put the auto sound room playing the 15
inchers that can be heard throughout the store and _felt_
close by the listening area?

(BTW, manual, I did send that review of Backbeat to your
whatchacallit address on here... supreme commander I think)