thomas_eck

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Hard Drive - Audio Logic 2400 HQ CD transport?
Steer clear of any of the AC97 cards (including all Creative products - Audigy included) as they upsample all 44.1 KHz content to 48 KHz. If all you want is digital out, an M-Audio Audiophile 2496 should give you a reasonably inexpensive place to ... 
Does this product even exist???
The problem I have with all of Creative's products is AC97 compliance - which forces upsampling of 44.1 KHz content to 48 KHz on the SPDIF output. If all you want to do is use the digital output with an external DAC, grab the M-Audio Audiophile 24... 
Plasma TVs and center channel speakers
Vermonter-I purchased a wall mounted TV shelf to suspend my Monitor Audio center channel speaker just above the TV. Parts Express (www.partsexpress.com) has a very inexpensive model (Part Number 240-776) that may be worth a try. Four Foculpods und... 
IPOD and an audiophile soundcard
M-Audio's Audiophile 24/96 is quite good, as is their "Revolution" if you desire a more mainstream card for games, etc. Audiophiles desiring the use of an outboard DAC for their PC should steer clear of any of the SoundBlasters (even the Audigy se...