While I was in Australia I went in a Bang & Olufsen shop that was tucked away in a back corner of this other audio shop. Before that day I had never heard of them.
Since that day I've been buying lottery tickets like mad, yo! There wasn't any mobile audio in there but that was THE best home audio gear I have ever listened to. Period. How does it compare to the stuff that costs like $300K just for an amp not to mention the required preamp to drive it? I haven't a clue. But it sounded awesome. [/story]