I understand the talk was about MP3s to replace hanging on to cds - or at least to having to get them out to play them. I was just trying to piggyback on this question with my current question.

So, does an IPOD or a iriver sound any better than a two year old Clie? I would guess they all have small and not great sounding DACs, right?

Thanks for the response. I thought it might just be my ears. But - no - my system with M22s sounds great (on great cds). Just got two of the new Lindsay Quartet Beethoven cds - recorded at 24 bit 176 khz sampling rate. WOW!


M22s, QS4s, M2 center, Hsu stf-1.