gary,

the dacs you were using were not exactly fantastic were they? did you really expect a 10+ year old arcam to compete with a naim cd player? also you were using a very cheap 10 meter optical digital i/c which again is not the best thing quality wise. however as you say you tried it and didn't like it. i've had a different experience, selling on my naim cdp and not regretting it for an instant. i'm sure tom is able to reach his own conclusions.

puma,

as long as the pc has hard drive space (and this will be tough to run out of with 1tb drives for under 200 quid just round the corner) why would you want to get rid of it? after 10 years it will have a shit load of storage in it and still be playing music without any problems or if it has had problems it will be relatively easy to source spares and repair it. with the way cd players are going once your transport has gone kaput IT will be landfill.

cheers

julian