Listening to music from my computer is becoming the way I listen to music the most. I downloaded half of my music to an external HD, about 10k songs, bought a Bose Companion 3 set (which to my surprise is not too bad) and now listen to music, all day, and never listen to the same song twice!

The other day I wanted to play some music on my Meridian kit, the second time I had to shuffle for CDs I gave up, turned the system off and went to bed. To me it has become a hassle to get up, look for the music I'm in the mood to listen to, and then get up again everytime I have to change CDs. No, I am no couch potatoe at all, but it just doesnt't feel right anymore.

I pretty much decided to go Kscape for movies, (though would love to now know if they will be adding HDDVD/BR to their mix before jumping in) and now am looking for a good computer based source for my music.

I never approved of this - for one I've always liked the "analogue" sound better and spoke of audio cables as if I was talking about wine. M changed all that, though I confess I do belive cables and power cords have made my M kit sound better...Now how the hell do I feel completely in acceptance listening a $300 tin-can[plastic]kit.

Maybe convenice is winning over critical listening.

I do hope M sees this as an opportunity, I think the high-end market for a computer based system is non-existant at this point. M O.

Lumin A1, Shindo Aurieges, Sanders Loudspeakers. DSP5000.