porschecab,

Completely agree with you on all counts! it took me 10+ years to be able to get hold of one, and it is not going anywhere unless I move house!
The ideal scenario is:
Digital room processing a la M to help fix the room + the Audio Palette to fix any badly remastered CDS, SACDs, DVD-As,... - smile
that way you can fix everything.... allegedly

this link is the only test that I'm aware of:
http://www.stereophile.com/amplificationreviews/692cello/index.html

But it is not the Cello Audio Palette + Audio Suite Combo but a smaller much cheaper option (still very good, today around $3000 second hand)

They were tested in France in the late 80's and beginning of 90's by la Nouvelle Revue du Son.

extreme high end brand don't tend to get reviewed that much because they can't produce that much anyway and most of it is built on order, have you read many tests on Boulder 2000 series? or Esoteric P1/D01 in a multi-Channel setup? usually the answer is no...