Sandy Gross, founder ofDefinitive Technology, is the MarkMcGwire of hi-fi. Somehow, thisguy has been able to come up withone incredible speaker home runafter another. As a result, there aretwo problems when reviewing aDef Tech speaker system. The firstis that there has been so muchpraise and adulationpenned inthe past thatit’s hard tobe compli-mentarywithoutbeing repeti-tive. Thesecond prob-lem comeswhen it’stime to packup thespeakers andship themaway. Youstart bab-bling wildexcuses toextend thedeadline.“My cousin’s cat died … so muchstress … I haven’t had time to lis-ten. I need another week….”Eventually, though,the painful timecomes, and thereyou are with tearsand packing tape,handing off yournewfound loves toan oblivious UPSguy. “Treat themgently,” you begthe guy in brown.(Man, it’s toughbeing a reviewer.)Undaunted, Ijumped at thechance to reviewthe latest hometheater systemfrom Def Tech.Even if you’re not a baseball fan,you’ve probably heard of MarkMcGwire. After crushing the pre-vious single-season home-runrecord a couple of years ago,McGwire continues to pound theball out of the park to the delightof Cardinals fans everywhere. Yet,despite his imposing form andincredible swing, McGwire (likemost power hitters) strikes outwith some regularity. Of course,who’s going to complain to a guywho has hit 72 home runs in asingle season?“With theBP2006TLsystem,DefinitiveTechnologyhas hit theball out ofthe park —and I don’tthink ithas comedown yet.”Definitive TechnologyBP2006 TL Speaker SystemBy Darryl WilkinsonH I G H - P E R F O R M A N C E T H E AT E R“these are not justfine music speakers— they’re fantasticmusic speakers”“the launchsequence in Apollo13 made the hairon the back of myneck stand up.”“Like Strapping Yourself onto a Rocket Sledand Lighting the Fuse”