As I p[ut ion above DAC I became interested in it myself only or using digital to sore CD;'s because I know that CD-R's/DVD-R's have shelf life and for archving using my computer opnly made sense if sound didn't suck (like MD).Apple Lossless is prety close to ddientical to CD sound and price of harddrives is getting so low (you can get a half a Terrabyter or 500 gig for $150) that instead of jus making a copy of a CD ontopa CD-R which can develoipe dropouts in 4-7 years on average backiong musioc on HD's is one more line of defense.Copy and LP onto two CD-R's is my practice now and soon I will include a hard drive back up since I won't have to copmpress the hell out of it and make crummy recording.Now I know you can have dropouts on a HD or whole sector failures or maybe the bearing can go and HD will crash.I just hope that having three masters will allow me in 10+ years to assemble one intact recording from all three.As I read in an article a german chemist repotered that magnetuc tape is still best way to store music for 25+ years.But sine analogue Reel to Reel and DAT seem to be studio only formats (expense and uge reels with former and high deck maitenance with latter) the recording that will last hasn't been important to anybody making consumer gear which is too bad.Think it backs up what Fremmer said recently in Stereophile that he is martal enemy or many newspaper columnists who get audio beat but are computer people and know dick about good sound.Know this is on fringes of original post but is part of story
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