I bought a pair A Compact for $600 at Audioadvisor.com last summer. Coincidently, I had a pair of Mission 780, which I purchased a week before for around the same price. Having enough room for one pair of speakers, my intent was to compare these two...

Accuracy is important in a stereo which, like mine, is used to reproduce classical music. Good looks are also important. So is the price of the equipment.A year ago, when I began to upgrade my stereo's speaker system, I found that a subwoofer was for...