My question is this -

What quality can I expect from using the Headphone/optical digital audio output (minijack) on an Imac running to a good DAC ?

I mean, if it's a true digital out, wouldn't it be the same 1's and 0's?

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Where does the audiophile community think our digital source components are heading?

LINN replaced their CD12, Ikemi, and Genki with ONE single play CD unit (Majik) yet offers THREE Unidisk based sources. LINN has always preached the importance of the source and have backed this up with some truely extraordinary products such as the CD12 and Unidisk 1.1 (on the analog side the Sondek LP12).