You are right on. I think if the sound produced from itunes was so horrible, like a scratched old record played over AM radio then I think you'd still be listening to your stand a lone CD.

If you want a multi zone system then the SB or the Sonus or other are great. You might want to also check out ReQuest. In my case, I have an early ReQuest for multi zone but the audio quality on its digital out was nothing to write home about. I like itunes so much so I bought the then least expensive mac with a lot of hard drive expandability and a good quality digital output. I re-ripped my CD collection to AIFF- I guess I just didnt trust apple lossless- though I think it works well too. My test to see if something is bit for bit accurate is to get a DTS audio CD, rip it and if the processor picks up and decodes the stream as DTS- youre good.

I use my projector as a monitor and a RF keyboard with track pad. The sound quality is right there with the 800.

As to KScape- I think its a fantastic product but you have got to look at it as what it does with DVD. I think they could add BR or HDDVD or something else support in the future because they are members of both the BD and HDDVD working groups. You would need to be sure your home network could take the load- maybe you couldnt have like 30 players going at once with the HD material and also youd need the drive space and a new player that could decode the HD Stream. Theres a chance they might get some HD material and sell it to you on a transport drive (a HD that you slap in and it copies itself to your space and then you send it back).

best regards,
Jerry

Best regards,
Jerry
Main System: 861v6, DSP8000s in corners, DSP7000s Center and Sides, 1-9 humans.