Hi Howard, Good point although we are used to getting stuff cheap these days. Remember back in the early 1970's when gear used to cost nearly a year's average wages. Not sure how the pricing was in the u.s but in the u.k it is only recently that prices have fallen. I think I remember paying around £3,500 for my ts-950sdx so, taking inflation in to account, in real terms, I suppose they have not gone up much. Now down to the real important questions:- How well does it work? Is it accessible? Does it put real performance before the gymics? On 12 Feb 2005 at 8:10, Howard Kaufman wrote: > If you have a handy $11,000 you can pay a reader to look at the dials. Keith - - Keith Barrett gw4nby Bridgend South Wales