Notice anything unusual about the picture above? No? Look closely...

This picture was taken at an after-hours cocktail party for press and other industry insiders held by On a Higher Note (Vivid and Luxman). So the people here aren't unwashed Best Buy masses, but hard core audiophiles.

Have you seen it yet?

Look at the pic below.

Yes, that's a glass of beer sitting on the new $9000 Luxman L-509A II amp (playing at the time). I was going to go give him hell, but he finished up doing whatever it was he's doing and moved on. The top of the amp is vented for heat dissipation, so the barrier between his beer driblets and the sensitive electronic circuitry is nonexistent. Unbelievable...