Plenty of people told me I was loaded for buying this thing. I looked at the negative balance on my credit card and smiled without saying a word. Us poor bastards always pay for what we buy — some sell the kidney they’ve got now, some sell the kidney they’ll have in the future. The difference is the first one’s gone for good, the second at least has a chance of being bought back. Walking the line between selling a kidney and selling myself, I keep buying the things I want one after another. Looking at the E505, S703, and S754 I’ve used before, I get the feeling I’m deeply hooked on Sony — to the point where if you sit me down with one of those fruit-brand players I just can’t adjust. Too flat. I’ve already been trained into a heavy taste.