As far as people saying we had a bias to forum members during the poll, I am not sure what you really expect.
Sure, the reason we even HEARD of some of these CDs was because they were mentioned here. It's pretty hard for me to vote for a CD I've never heard, let alone heard OF.
Colin is a great member of the forum here, he releases a CD with his band I buy it, listen to it, and lo and behold I actually like it and vote for it.
Ka-Sol and Filteria release a CD, the forum is hosted by Suntrip, and I love what Suntrip does for us and for the scene. Filteria visits the site on occasion...I buy the CDs, I listen to them, I like them, and am glad I purchased them, but no, I didn't believe they were Top 5 material IN MY OPINION, so I didn't vote for them. Amazing how that works!
I voted for CDs that I PURCHASED and thought were Top 5 material. If I didn't vote for your special CD, it may not have been because I was stuffing ballots for my friends, it was likely because I never knew the damn CD even existed.
For Pavel, you know what..I only knew of Sensient because you promoted it here. I have thanked you for introducing me to Sensient. It almost made my top 5, as you can see in my vote posts. Should it automatically have been forbidden from my list because someone here at Psynews (YOU) promoted it to me?