OT? Nah... it was the cans that made my night. I've spent the past few weeks setting up my "listening room" in my new house. Building out the bookcases, running speaker cables, speaker positioning, chair positioning, component setup on the new rack, cable organization, etc, etc, etc. I've...

My preference for my home setup is to use my computer(s) as my source, since I have more flexibility in my playlists, querying my collection, and randomization, etc. My current setup is to use a laptop as an interface to my jukebox software. This laptop has the Xitel Pro Hifi-Link USB...

I have an extensive collection of digitized music (extreme setting for VBR mp3's) that is made up of 70% CD source and 30% legal live recordings. The live recordings vary in quality but most are B+ and above, having been digitally recorded from mic to lossless audio file. To listen to this...