Sasperiller!

I found since the inter-thingie has existed that some audio folks can be wound up like a top. The mere mention of anything they don't agree with and subjectivity devolves into a personal flame war. "What??? how DARE YOU suggest 320 isn't cd quality!!!! GAHHHH!!!!"

I did the same thing. The 1st album I ripped into lossless was Al Dimeolas "Kiss my axe". Even at 320, bass energy and ambient detail (along with high frequency information that describes materials like wood, metal etc) was just not there. I had to turn my ipod down because the dynamics were that much more powerful.

BTW: my old sony viao that I *was* going to use lunched a scsi controller. It's all proprietary, and not cost effective to fix. It's better to use my new netbook and if needed, and external HD for FLAC playback.