What About MP3?

In my limited experience (two weeks) with MP3 and AAC encoding I don't believe that even 320kbps recordings are the equivalent of redbook digital. There's a definite flattening of the soundstage and a loss of texture to the sound. There's also a sense of added grain. For non-serious listening (car or background) these are not particularly big issues.

You had a start up with a good system, why are you bother to feed them with garbage. That what people said "garbage in garbage out". You should get some good sources of cd and you will see how good your system could perform. Just a thought.

It's not perfect, but you could fool a lot of people (including audiophiles).