B) People think it is physically impossible to own 300+ CDs and have the time and persistence to rip all of them to MP3s...

I am staring to think that myself (the ripping part) . I have hardly finished half of my 600+ CDs, and I rushed some rips and am going to have to repeat them

Most of people I showed my empeg know the proportion of my disposable income I spend on CDs, so they don't blame me for Napsterism. Besides, due to prevalence of slow Internet connections here (V90 or even slower dialup is still a norm, ISDN gaining popularity, ADSL still in experimental use only (and probably going to be expansive), cable nonexistent) Napster, Gnutella and such are not very popular here.

Those two or three tracks I downloaded using Gnutella were decently ripped, but it took me months to get them.

Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
Q#5196, MkII#80000376, 18GB green