Sir, I most vociferrously disagree with you. This is a very good device for giving analog playback a more convincing and "enjoyable" experience. I know probably that my experience and hardware is not up to your formidable standards, but, I don't care, because in my estimation 200 bucks for an audio product is not unreasonable and I really think the overall improvement in sound quality is far exceeded by its price. As skewed as you may think it be, I've not heard any wavering or changes of pitch or volume alluded to in the prestigious meeting of note. Who knows, maybe it wasn't the dreaded aural exciter that gave everyone migranes from listening to James Taylors nasaly voice. Maybe it was his voice. Any who, I was just passing along something to maybe some other people out there that might want to improve their listening pleasure. But I see that validation must first be annointed by the local resident audio guru of this forum. Ask Kevin at kabusa though, he'll tell the same. It's real and it's a deal.