Just came across this Stereophile article: Stereophile: Chesky Launches High-Resolution Download Store Apparently, HDtracks is offering Quote: thousands of titles across a multitude of musical genres as well as in-depth information about the artists and albums. When you purchase a...

I've read lots of scattered, conflicting info about EMI filters here on head-fi. Some like them while others hate them. To start, here are some points I'd love to settle: Are the higher current models usually better than the lower current ones (i.e. 20A brick vs 6A IEC)? Is it beneficial to...

I found this while digging around for my "ultimate transport"--a device which can play FLACs off an external hard drive and output LPCM on COAX, all via a nice GUI. http://www.gearbits.com/archives/200...earstre_1.html Hardly a Squeezebox killer--it has some usability/aesthetic issues (see...

Upgradeitis strikes again, the goal this time being purely to reduce jitter in the SPDIF coax output. I could go with something like the Marantz CD5001 with no clock upgrade, or just upgrade the clock of my el-cheapo DVD player to a Trichord Research Clock 2 (or something similar). Which...