It's a toss up between my squeezebox and my alesis masterlink CD burner. The SB allows me to just listen to whatever I want, albeit not as good quality as my CD Rig (Esoteric X03SE) (There's a benchmark dac on the SB).
The Alesis was huge for me. It allows me to make excellent sounding compilations of my favorite CD's (and vinyl). I had originally intended to burn these CD's for the car but when I played one in my Esoteric, my jaw dropped.
I can also set my favorite FM jazz station and just record hours and hours of it while I am out. Once recorded, I just play and edit and make up CD's of music I like, but don't (YET) own.
Flexibiity, freedom and being able to play music from the radio at will is pretty cool for me.
The Alesis was huge for me. It allows me to make excellent sounding compilations of my favorite CD's (and vinyl). I had originally intended to burn these CD's for the car but when I played one in my Esoteric, my jaw dropped.
I can also set my favorite FM jazz station and just record hours and hours of it while I am out. Once recorded, I just play and edit and make up CD's of music I like, but don't (YET) own.
Flexibiity, freedom and being able to play music from the radio at will is pretty cool for me.