Is this the future of the next CD player

I look forward to having something like the Olive in my system one day. But did you dig the author of this article defining a DAC as being a "digital audio controller"? That's pathetic.

This may not be my "next" CD player (or DVD, SACD, DVD-A, HD-DVD, Blu-Ray, etc., etc. player), but my crystal ball says that this type of product is the future. A number of companies are moving in this sort of direction. And I also predict that it will be the same cost as any other audio component. In other words, some will be cheap, being directed toward the mass market, and some will be expensive, being engineered and sold by audiophile companies.

Yes no doubt.

Looks good, but where do I put my 760GB? This is still a "toy" in the market of other toys. I look forward to something similar for large collections and audiophile sensibilities.