On Wednesday, June 9, 2004, at 10:13 AM, Jim Pacyga wrote: > As a previous person said - it is all up to the listener - one man's > CD quality is another man's crap. It takes a $5 patch cable to > connect the Mac to an RCA input pair on a any stereo, give it a shot > and try ripping some good music (that follows all sorts of range and > amplitude) at different rates with different formats and compare them > with the CD in your machine. It would be at best a few hours and you > can be happy that you have the best setup for your taste. > > If you want to go hog wild, get a G5 with its digital out and feed to > an all digital amp and go for broke - that leaves it to just your > source and your speakers... > > Jim > yup. And I have my networked macs share iTunes so I can play my office iTunes collection in the family room and with the same $5.00 patch cable rout it to the stereo , outside, anywhere. I fail to see the big deal here. It's easy. Jim