micah, a LOT of the guys that are selling audio or video equipment don't really know THAT much about what they are selling.... how many times have you gone into a store and known more about the product that they are selling than they did.... now i'm not saying every sales guy is incompetent and doesn't know his product... but i would feel safe in saying that most of those guys just don't care enough to learn their product to a level that you or I would hope. this is ESPECIALLY true if you go into best buy, or other similar chain stores.... if you go to the boutique stores those guys are more likely to actually know what they are talking about, but then you get to pay boutique store prices \:D