This is my first stab at a high end system with a limited budget. The speakers were first last year, when my twenty-year old Tandy T-300's developed rather porous foam surrounds on the cones. After several months of fully enjoying musical detail I hadn't been hearing from the old faithfuls, I began to notice some deficiencies and narrowed it down to my components, which were 1991 vintage Sony ES series. An A-B comparison of my CDP-X55ES CD player against an Arcam CD-73 revealed that my Sony had a slightly incoherent bass response and some lack of resolution in the mids. I looked around, and began to notice the Moon Reference Series. Auditioning the Equinox immediately resolved my bass issue, and opened up the rest of the stage to details I hadn't imagined it could. On top of that, putting the i-5 into the system further improved the resolution and imaging, solidified the bass, and broadened and deepened the stage to a point that again I hadn't imagined could happen. Going back to the the CDP-X55ES and my GX60ES receiver was extremely disappointing - it sounded like a flat piece of cardboard in front of me, the whole sound stage just collapsed. It was in May this year that I acquired both the Equinox and i-5. Interconnect is a do it yourself kit (saved $$ and gained pride and satisfaction :), and I'm using IXOS XHS706 Gamma Geometry 13AWG speaker braid - I'm prepairing to bi-wire with an additional pair of IXOS braids. So far I'm very pleased with the result, and I guess I'll have to be until after the kids grow up, or I get lucky in the lotto... : )

Cheers!

Phil