Guys, don't get me wrong, i wish my comp to outperform my CD player, which BTW, broke down) that's why i'm looking for a replacement((. Of source comp has a bunch of advantages, main of which is convenience. Of course i would love to have all my music in my comp rather than all over US))), who wouldn't?) Somebody mention here that comp has more sole and emotions. That BTW, might be true. I also kinda noticed something to that effect, but never compared A to B. I think it might be due to the better PRAT, but it just very raw thoughts. However, what bother me that ripped files are slightly (probably like 2% loss) inferior to CD from which they ripped. Slightly muddier, less air between the notes and instruments, voice timbres changed etc. And this is compare to the same CD played from same $10 CDROM, which was used in the process of ripping, not to a good transport!!!. I comparing it for 7 years))) hoping it will get better some day, but it doesn't) (((. I'll be seeing Audiogoner this weekends on The show and will do some riping and comparisons with him on his, as i understand highly tweaked comp, than i'll post if that was my lack of experience as to how properly rip CD, or it is my opponents' hearing problems.) Its getting really interesting.