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don't do it - unless PCs without noisy fans and noisy disks become available

Most definitely interested in seeing this type of review done. I have spent the last couple of years building a music server based on .wav files and playback in my system. Would love to compare my accomplishments with other systems out there. http://www.cmonache.com

My listening room is my home office. If I could do away with the cost of upgrading my CD player by getting a sound card/box that sounded the same or better I'd do it in a heartbeat. The computer allows you to be your own DJ, and at $1 per song, single sales can be big again. Face it - how many albums did you buy just for the single and the rest of the album sounded nothing like it. Sometimes that is good, as in _Brothers in Arms_ or _Nevermind_, other times less so, the first album from The Kinks and Blind Mellon come to mind.

I have over 10,000 recording (lp's, cd's, sacd's) the storing of then can be problematic. While I would miss the art work and liner notes of the covers. I think companies like Linn have the right idea. lets load it on a hard drive in a hi-rez formate and enjoy.

no no no no no

Computers suck!

There are a slew of digi-file mags for those so inclined.

This is not why we subscribe to the magazine. There are already too many computer magazines out there and we can read those if that's what we're interested in. You know what we want. Why risk getting more goofy letters from nutzos telling you to cancel their subscription?

I like the idea of such coverage but don't want to lose what you cover now. There is little enough good coverage of audio and recordings without losing what we have.

and I hate your car stuff too! (don't make me vomit) A long time and still subscriber!

leave it for the computer mags.

My Grado's are connected to an mp3 player ... I think many pairs are. More of us can afford this setup than can afford SACDs and LPs.

The biggest trade-off in comp based music is the noise level of the computer. that is the only reason why i do not have one in my listening room. as soon as the industry addresses this i'll add a comp to my system.

Convergence baby

Not interested at this point. You should concentrate on writing a better and more personal magazine with more in dept and less superficial reviews. Last vote I was surpised that none of your readers had more than 10,000 discs. Not a good sign for Stereophile.

I'd love to see more coverage of high-end computer sound cards, hard-drive based source systems, computer/DAC/preamp interface discussions, optimal file formats, and on and on. Unfortunately this would undoubtedly result in many more "cancel my subscription" letters, but no one else is covering these issues with an emphasis on sound quality.

I barely thumb through the issues as it stands. If computer-based systems are added, I'll probably stop reading the mag entirely.

I am a long-time audiophile, and whether or not the rest of you want to face it., this is the wave of the future! Don't be blinded by the shortcoming's of the initial music download formats (eg MP3), high-rez downloads will come. The beauty of this? When improved decoding schemes are devised there will be the possibility that they can be downloaded into your hardware (several mid- to high-end A/V processors have had this ability for a few years). With SACD and DVD-A, once a standard is developed we are stuck with it., even if a better one is devised. Open your minds, people. The water's just fine.

I think computer are slowly making their place in audio-video system and should not be ignored.

This magazine should cover the possibilities of computers getting integrated to music systems to afford listeners high quality options. Deep down, I feel the present pallette of audio subjects covered in Stereophile should not be excised to fit in "Computers In Our Audio System. Frankly, I listen to music in a two channel system and movies are played on a surround sound system. Current high quality surround sound preamps provide users a dizzying array of options at the fingertips of an operator. It won't hurt to honorably mention the new contributions of computers in our audio systems, just do not sacrifice space for that subject matter.

computer based are not ,excuse the expression, audio systems in which Stereophile should be involved.

Unfortunately, I can't listen to my main stereo that often, since, due to space constraints, it is integrated with my big screen TV. Anyway, I spend more time in front of my computer anyway, so I am interested in improving its sound.

A cheap audiophile-grade computer-based hi-fi system, similar to the expensive Linn Kivor at home, is very attractive

we should try to persuade people how much better high-end audio is than the downloadable to computer music.

Well, as I see it, digital music is computer based already. If I can find a high-quality DAC board for my computer, I would consider it. I also think a super high quality ADC for converting my records to a high-rez format would be nice as well.

I am sure many Luddites will threaten to cancel subscriptions as usual, what else is new. The potential I am interested in is audio stored in varying resolutions on a server and played thru the house.

Digital recordings are nothing more than large digital files and computers are by far the best way to store and organize large files. The more interest we show in the computer industry, the more interest they'll have in us. Look at Apple, they're now putting digital optical in/out on their G5 PowerMacs!

If the sound quality is there the delivery mechanism is irrelevant.

I've been advocating the integration of specialised music-PC's in hifi-shops for years, but although it would make a lot of money, I'd probably be the last one to buy a 'music-computer' myself. Yikes !

Just as I don't take my computer with me into the concert or recital hall, I don't listen to music while sitting at my computer.