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With the main exception of Vinyl these days it seems on the whole the idea of getting up off the couch and a walking a couple of feet to change the volume or to change CDs completely unthinkable..... While I get the convenience factor of streaming with a couple of taps on the iPad and remote controls in general and I get that convenience technology can be beneficial and make a lot of sense like for example using digital files in the car rather than carrying around a heap of CDs. The question though is when did that convenience become more important the overall sound quality ?? Recently I modified my preamp with a stepped attenuator and by doing so loosing remote control. There definitely was an improvement in sound quality and you know what, it really isn't that bad walking a couple of metres to change the volume !! I still stubbornly listen to CDs rather then CA (and in the process of getting my Vinyl rig setup too) for the simple reason I personally feel I can get a better result with CD. I'm sure there might be some who don't want to hear this but with all this technology at our fingertips these days have we just become plain lazy ??