BTW, Anyone who says "USB and ITUNES are mid-FI at best" has NO idea what they are talking about and probably have no first hand experience with a lossless/DAC/USB setup.... I think the BS start with people equating ITUNES to significantly compressed and compromised mp3 formats. In fact even some who are experienced with ITUNES don't know or understand what AppleLossless is about. Trust me on this...I'm an Audio/quality fanatic...and if this compromise the sound of my music, I'd have nothing to do with it.
One last thing...clearly none of these people have heard of or understand the Async/USB2 advancements...
(let me tell you a secret...some of these folks have spent 5, 10 or 20 thousand dollars on CD players....and the last thing they want to admit (even to themselves) is that a decent dac will totally take the expensive transport issue off the table and DAC have come SO far in the last few years...it makes their machines audio jewelry). And we're not even getting into the convenience elements!!!
One last thing...clearly none of these people have heard of or understand the Async/USB2 advancements...
(let me tell you a secret...some of these folks have spent 5, 10 or 20 thousand dollars on CD players....and the last thing they want to admit (even to themselves) is that a decent dac will totally take the expensive transport issue off the table and DAC have come SO far in the last few years...it makes their machines audio jewelry). And we're not even getting into the convenience elements!!!