Tempo Distribution's room was manned by, among others, John Quick and John knows me well enough to know what music will get me to smile. The Doors "Riders On The Storm" washed over me in waves feeling as good as getting caught in a rain storm amid summer heat.

The system responsible for my mini-vacation was fronted by a Macbook Pro into the dCS Debussy USB DAC ($11,499), dCS Puccini U-Clock with 24/192 USB Interface ($5,499), the Musical Fidelity M6 500i 500wpc dual-mono integrated amp ($6,999) driving the Verity Audio Lenore loudspeakers ($16,000).