"Keiron" wrote


I 've done exactly the same thing. Got a new pc, stuck in 4 x 160gb
hard drives and ripped my 700 or so cds as WAV files using EAC. An
optical out connects to a DAC and into my STAX phones and the sound is
awesome - at leaste the equal of any CD player I've ever owned (up to
£500ish). The convenience and ease of use is incomparable. Once you
get into creating playlists etc, there's no going back. I sold my cd
player, and a stack of CDs that I really have no pride of ownership
in, and I'm quids in. So much so, I treated myself to an iPod!


Ha! Nearly posted the same thing (more or less) a few days back - if you are
going to listen to digital, what better way than straight from a PC, through
a DAC into a valve amp (my own preference :-). Vinyl ripped to hard disk
sounds particularly good and the accessability of hundreds (or thousands) of
tracks at a click or two means you can really rediscover those forgotten
little gems and can track-hop like a good 'un!

On this topic, a word to the wise......

taps side of nose with extended forefinger

....... don't go tearing into your local HiFi Robber Baron's yelling 'I wanna
DAC, I gotta have a DAC'!! Atm, these ole boys think they can't give 'em
away secondhand (these and graphic EQs) so they are priced reet cheap. Make
a fuss and you'll double the price!! Best to sidle up and act a bit dim -
'what's this then? what's it for....???'

:-)