PC-Audio vs. High-end CD Player-GAME OVER

I am surprised that on this thread there are no empirical audio users. His pacecar reclocker for the squeezebox looks very interesting... hooks up via an I2s connection to a modified Benchmark or a Northstar dac.

Any empirical audio users here? I would rather go wireless than USB, personally...

EA user here. I use the Turbo-2 (AES/EBU out) with the EmmLabs DCC2 SE. With the right PC setup and EA's battery power supply, PCM is essentially indistinguishable from my CDSD SE. All of my CDs are tucked away in boxes in storage. I use the CDSD only for SACDs, which usually sound better IMO.

The beauty of the EA stuff is you get to use your existing DAC. Looking forward to the Pacecar v3. No experience with I2S or wireless.

i've recently hooked up a Mac g5 tower, powered by a PS Audio power plant, via digital output to my AA Capitole mk11. it sounded great, so started to tweak, now have roller balls and a bdr shelf for source under the g5, and have passed the point of no return. I connect to the g5 thru my laptop with Apple Remote Access and limit the current draw to minimum inside the g5, no video out, no external drives. The sound passed my transport a while ago, and is just getting better and better. i never understood what a background of blackness really sounded like before this, and the extra detail is clearly evident. Instruments stand out from the mix and are better defined, less overhang, much sharper and easier to focus on. when you hear details you were never aware of before the music changes, becomes even more involving, its hard to do anything but close your eyes and immerse yourself in it. rythm and pace are also much improved upon.
i own an Apple computer shop and we will start an audio section soon enough; now my hobby will be part of my work, can't wait!

Heard the same predictions being made when SACD arrived. Yet CD still lives! I am a EA user. Some hifi friends of mine (when over) prefer EA playback, some do not. I agree with Psacanli: it aint over till its over.

trust me, it's over. The CD was a transitional medium at best. Maybe it won't settle at USB or HDD for storage, but one thing is for absolute certain. CD's are dead, dead, dead!

I stand behind what I say 100% and will be the first to apologize if I am wrong at a later date. As someone who works in the IT industry in the research sector, and sees the writing behind the wall, take it from me consider it over. The shipments of the two types of storage media alone are a tell-tale sign. HDD being the winner.

Dust hasn't completely settled on where it will end up, but right now, lossless files piped in via USB or firewire are a good bet.

CDs are for ripping at this point, not putting in an inconvenient and archaic player with all sorts of transport induced jitter to-boot. I will take a Cosecant, or Crimson over ANY modern day CDP anyday.