Am I the only one sick of the ipod ? This little device is ruining the future of “High End” audio. I went into Circuit City and Best Buy the other day mainly to browse the DVD-A and SACD sections they have only to find they don’t have them anymore!!! Now I have no place to buy these Hi Rez formats accept on line. Of course as I looked around the rest of the store I couldn’t help but notice more room has been made for ipod junk!!! Don’t get me wrong, I think the ipod is a great little device for music on the go but I can’t believe how easily people will give up quality for convenience. There is even a thread going right now over at AVS with some guy asking if there are any A/V Receivers that are designed to work with his ipod. IMHO MP3s sounds as thin as the ipods that play them and to hook them to any piece of equiptment that you can’t shove in your ears is an insult to all that we hold dear. I hope I haven’t insulted any ipod owners but sometimes I just have to rant.

Lasher