After a few more modes that aren't on the books, you realize that the playback system can be improved by 1/3 in every piece of audio gear.Mechanical vibration plays a huge part in how sound is resolved and recreated in ones sound room. I feel no need to switch to a computer based system, especially when XRCD are my primary vehicle.I know that my sound is amazing in it's own right and a new format will have to evolve through time.
CDP's being dumped for hard drive driven units?
I may be mistaken but the past few weeks (months?) it seems some darn nice cdp's have appeared in the classifieds, at prices that are more and more attractive. Is it a sign of the economy, or are more 'philes moving to a hard drive music server? I don't know the answer, probably no one does but is this a trend noticed by others?