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In casting my vote I say I use my ears to tell me what sounds good. However, I do enjoy reading a good review. It would be helpful to me if I could have an idea of what the respective reviewer's thoughts were about what he/she thought represented good sound. I used to be in the high end audio business, so I've been privy to some extraordiary systems. One of the things I learned was what sounds good to one person, may or may not sound good to someone else. What we find pleasing to the ears is our own to behold. If one person, let's say a reviewer for argument's sake, loves listening to Judas Priest cranked up to ear bleeding levels, he may not find the intracacies of a certain speaker appealing, and therefore give it a poor review (as he hears it). The product may be wonderful for someone with different musical tastes, but if we (the reading public) don't know the likes and dislikes of the reviewer, we may form prejudices when considering to demo a certain product. As an example, one of the other salespeople I had the pleasure of working with was an authority on classical music, from who wrote it, to who played it, from where it was recorded, and by whom on what label. He is also a bass singer and does regular choral performances. I, on the other hand, like rock and roll, I do enjoy classical music, but I realize I do not have the knowledge, or the passion for it that he does. Needless to say, when a person wanted to demo a product using classical music, I would refer this person to the other salesman. Simply because his taste was more likely to be in line with the customer's listening tastes. I truly believe the customer was done a service because of this. I would just like to know a little bit about the reviewer. I realize there are certain tracks on certain cd's and lp's that can test a system, and that also reviewers give us a tiny insight to their personal listening tastes, but more often than not they leave out what they enjoy listening to. Beleive me, when I was in the hi-fi business, and you demo'd systems all day, sometimes the last thing you wanted to do when you got home is to listen to some music, (The whole thing about being a chef and never cooking at home). It would be nice to hear the reviewer say, "I really like to listen to 'Diana Krall' on such and such occasion . . ." That would let me know, at least a little bit, what this reviewer finds to his liking. That would possibly help me take the review in context to how does this reviewer identify with my listening preferences. I'm not implying that you, the reviewer, must bear your soul to the public, just let us know whether you like regular or decaf. Thank you very much for allowing me to express my opinion. You have a wonderful magazine, and a very nice web site. Mark Stranczek Oklahoma City, OK