Gelf 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!

What playlist software are you using?

I have the same sort of setup as above and use iTunes. It's got a really
neat 'Smart Playlist' feature where you define the criteria for inclusion in
a playlist and iTunes itself then adds tracks to the playlist as you rip new
CDs.

Once you've defined the playlist criteria (Genre, Type, etc etc) you never
need touch playlists again!