oedipus,

no i'm saying that my ears are the products of a few million years worth of evolution and are my way of evaluating pressure waves in the air and discerning meaning from them.  squiggles on a screen or a twitching needle seem to be a big leap from telling me if i'll like those pressure waves or not.

most of my listening is done while i work at my pc. i sit at 90 degrees to my kit so it is not visible - often the music will just transfix me and i'll have to stop work and listen to it. how do you measure that or say that it's down to my kits bling catching my eye?

well as i don;t actually use a cd player, my digital souce has 4 boxes in it, none of them are made by naim and pc audio has a reputatation lower than a snakes ball sack i think i can safely dismiss your assumptions about how i arrived at the preference for the sound of my kit and just get on with enjoying it. i hope you enjoy listening to your amps perfect null silence and your 100 dollar cdp, hey, now i know why you think they all sound the same you're continually null testing aren;t you...

cheers

julian