In article , Malcolm H
writes
(This is a copy of an input to an earlier thread)

Perhaps my experiences may be of interest. I have been a music lover and
Record/CD collector all my (rather long) life - and like to regard myself as
an audiophile. About a year ago I was persuaded to explore the advantages
of storing my large music collection on my PC and listening via a media
player. I haven't looked back since! Listening to music has never been so
easy and so enjoyable for me. Comments on my system are listed below:

* The media player I use is a Squeezebox made by Slimdevices Inc. See:
http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_testimonials.html for some testimonials. This
is a wonderful box controlled by open source Slimserver software which runs
on your PC. It is high quality, robust, reliable and extemely easy to use.
The PC is in a separate room and connected to the Squeezebox by Ethernet or
WiFi.

* After careful listening tests I have found that, for me (and everybody
else that I know), digital audio at 192Kbps and above is indistinguishable
from the original CD. I have therefore ripped my CDs and LPs to mp3 at
192Kbps.


Sad to hear that everybody you know must have questionable hearing if
they think that 192 K audio is "indistinguishable" from CD...


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Tony Sayer