I have been reading this forum for a few weeks now with much interest - firstly, thanks for a great resource!
I guess I should sum myself up - I am newly converted. I am abandoning my 128kb collection of MP3s and re-ripping as aiff files (after many A/B comparisons and a lot of reading and option-weighing). I have a great computer (albeit Windows based) but I don't have much in the way of sound equipment. I currently have my sound card connected directly to my receiver via an optical s/pdif. Primitive, I know, but I just got rid of my creative labs computer speakers so...cut me some slack! I don't yet have quality speakers - I have a pair of okay-ish low grade consumer grade Sony towers. But...its on my to-do list.
At any rate, I have read many reccommendations about USB/Firewire cables, a Lynx AES16, and a DAC but...as for how this all fits together and why, I am having trouble grasping "the big picture". Can I get the 5 minute sum up or at least directions to a thread that starts at the beginning?
Much thanks.
