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DAC to match $2-3K CD player
Big surprise coming from D'boy......A $5,000 dac will SMOKE a $2-3K player going from a transport or, here's another one.....a hard drive. To the OP: Is $2-3K really what you consider on par with a source feeding a $5,000 dac? What dacs have you h... 
The CD player is dead.......
Petty: "The computer was never really designed for music storage". Who cares if the computer wasn't originally DESIGNED for music storage. Who cares if the computer industry is "in complete denial that high end even exists". You ask, "why do you s... 
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Kijanki: Typewriters? Thanks for proving my point for me. 
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I was a couple of martinis in when I wrote that last part. 
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Ahhh. A nicer change of mood to this thread thanks to Oakleys. A much welcomed respite. You guys were getting so serious. 
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Apparently Oakleys' computer has some sort of Pratt and Whitney aircraft propeller as a fan. You've got to be kidding me. I'm standing directly in front of my Mac as music is playing (with preamp muted), and I can BARLEY hear anything. My listenin... 
Melody Gardot in concert she's in Seattle 6/19
I had the pleasure of hearing her perform live twice, both times in Philadelphia. I agree with the OP. Both concerts had different arrangement from her studio albums. I love when an artist shows creativity like that. 
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Maybe this is the way I should have asked the question: If you had no digital source of any kind and had X amount of dollars to spend, what would you buy: a cd player or a computer/dac? Going by your responses, I guess most of you will still buy a... 
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Oakleys: Relax. I wasn't out to bash anyone. I WAS SIMPLY ASKING SOMEONE TO EXPLAIN THE BENEFITS OF A CDP.....FOR THE TENTH TIME. By the way...my friend has the MSB modified ipod with ilink. All his music is in the ipod going to his MSB Platinum S... 
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Liz: I too am a "computer moron". I had no problems or issues whatsoever setting up my computer as a server. If you have half a brain cell, it's really not that difficult. 
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I finally receive a reason for not going the computer route. The majority of you seem to be afraid of crashes. Rightfully so as they can and do happen. However, since backing up your music to an external hard drive is not difficult to do, what's t... 
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Knownothing: Yes, my hard drive going to my dac sounds better than my $6,000 cdp ever did. No, I don't care about having physical media in my hand and yes, it's all on the shelf if I need to read somethng. No, I don't worry about hard drive crashi... 
Pure Music Question
Bbopman: By "app", are you refering to the "remote" app. for the itouch? 
Who has found happiness giving up cd player?
Camelboy: Never is a long time. 
Pure Music Question
One more thing.....I "reset" Pure Music and selected it again. I can now change tracks and fast-forward again. It seems to me they have more issues to work out. Worth $130? Yeah I guess, considering all the money I've spent on this stuff, what's a...