Wayne

There is much truth in what you've said. I don't own an iPod although I use my laptop as one (on airplanes with a Boze II headset). As I look around I see iPoders smiling and enjoying the music. I find myself enjoying BOZE headsets (my car stereo is a Boze too and it's awful). You are really on target. There are people who just enjoy having some pleasant music and then there are those in quest of an unattainable goal--perfect reproduction. I'm not ready to buy an iPod but I will probably stay with my 990 rather than buy an Anthem Statement D1 because I have begun to focus on good sound rather than perfect sound. So let's not knock some else's enjoyment. Perhaps audiophiles should search their souls for the missing joy....