Now here's the kind of review we need to see more of! 6Moons reviews a complete system from Chinese audio giant Opera (we covered their excellent CDP 5.0 CD player earlier). The Consonance system is priced around $4200 (depending on options) and includes the A120 hybrid integrated amp, 120T tuner, CD-120 CD player and Eric 1 two-way bookshelf speakers as well as cabling and sundry accessories. I won't go into details (check out the review for more than enough) but I will give you one word: synergy.

While packaging a complete system is verboten in the high end community, it's really a practice we should see more of, in my opinion. It's worked for the main stream electronic giants for years -- Bose and B & O sure have capitalized off of it. Matching equipment is great and all, but the average consumer's head explodes when they have to pick the right power cord to go with their tube transport or whatever. They've got the cash to spend but they just don't have the time to tweak. But, hey, that's just my 2 cents.

Complete Opera Consonance System [6Moons]
Opera Home (US Distributor Quest for Soud)