101 seems so much better than 98.  thanks for the interest.

seems to me that there are four drivers at work:

1. how we buy/acquire recorded music

2. how we store it

3. how we replay/reproduce it

&

4. scope we get for tweaking

but these are not easily separated. 

With analogue (eg vinyl), 1/2/3 are closely bundled together.  the scope for tweaking is very focussed.

With digital there is more scope for tweaking by separating 1/2/3.  And I think I confused the outcome of the poll by conflating 1 & 2: how we acquire and how we store digital prior to reply.

btw, has anyone any views on comparisons between albums/tracks that they have both bought as CDs and also converted into digital from the vinyl? 

I wonder how long buying CDs will remain the dominant way of buying/acquiring content (following similar buying habits to LPs/vinyl); and how long before buying off the Internet will become dominant.  

And just how long will it take me to get around to copying the content of all my CDs onto some mass digital storage , be that spinnng disk or, preferably IMO, solid state?

... I can see me keeping the Dax Decade, altho one of the good points in my system is the use of propriety AudioSynthesis Ncode from the CD transport to reduce/eliminate jitter and give that 'organic' feel.  if I go for digital storage then I'll have to get David Heaton to come up with a suitable mod.