Recommend CD Player with Volume Control

I agree with you Carl that there has to be some element of objectivity for any of this to make sense. I am sorry for the double submission of my post. It was an accident. I stand by my comments suggesting that we should refrain from antagonism in these posts.

Carl, it was really meant to be a broad statement about the nature of the exchanges. I am sorry if you took it personally. That was not my intent.

Smarting as I am to the rebukes I received for my Take the Audiophile Quiz post, I am wondering if we can't reach some agreement to keep these discussions positive. We all have a strong interest and love for music. We all want to see others enjoy the experiences we've had with music and equipment. Why is it necessary to inject anger into these threads? It is easy to slam somebody in cyberspace because you don't have to ever interact with them in person. But ultimately, I think this undermines the attempt to learn from one another so we can further enjoy this hobby of ours. And isn't it really just that -- a hobby? We're not talking about life and death, political gains and losses, or anything else in which one of us is going to win and another is going to lose. So can't we keep things polite, even when we don't agree with one another?

I think if you check, Carl, you will notice that you spent a fair amount of time in this thread talking about translatability of experiences. Now you have told us that this thread is exclusively the province of discussions about CDs with volume controls. If you want to start setting rules, you have to play by them.