My Audiotron is plugged into an old Nakamichi receiver I had laying around (via analog - not the digital out) and then into Paradigm Monitor 11s. I think I will test out that EAC conversion app and compare that to my CD Player. Obviously with MP3's you can hear a difference - if you can set up a box with 600gig then wave files are the way to go. My only complaint with the Audiotron is the remote - you have to be right next to the unit for it to work and it doesn't seem that intuitive to me. Although you can control the unit via a web browser - so one day I'll just use a PocketPC to control it