OKay, will see if I can locate a 808i but somehoe I doubt it. I am in Hong Kong btw! eek

I think the sonos or even a hard drive with a digital output card fed through a quality DAC would probably sound similar to a top flight CDP. I believe that CDP's sonic signature are 95% residing in the DAC anyway and I doubt the 808 is any different.

However there is a slight difference between burning hundreds of CDs to my hard disk sending it wirelessly to a DAC compared withe "pride of ownership" of a Meridian CDP. A high price to pay I might add! In addition I think to get the same sound quality you still need a reference DAC, which will not be cheap either. This is also another of my current options, get a good DAC like a Mcintosh MDA1000 or MBL 1611 and use my computer and / or my Denon DVD as a transport. I guess I still lean towards enjoying putting CDs on to listen although digital inputs would be great for parties when you can just let your hard disk run at random (or Sonos / Squeezbox). I was hoping to run both a good CDP and a computer wireless system

Cheers

Howiebrou

Avid Acutus, SME V, Benz Micro LP / Van den Hul Colibri XGP, Audio Research Ref 2 Phono
Meridian Sooloos C15 + MD600
CH Precision C1 DAC
Constellation Audio Virgo and Centaur Monoblocks
Sonus Faber Aida