Isn't digital such a wonderful medium.

Threads like this just leave me cold, there is so much to take on board, in terms of hardware/application software/operating system and no "right way" of doing anything. Ask 10 peoples opinions and you will get 10 different answers, even on an objective basis. Playing over a network, either hard wired or wifi, using USB,SPDIF,i2s, the permutations are endless.

It just gets further and further from the point, of playing, or rather listening, to music.

Its not that I can't understand it, I just don't want to spend my precious time on it these days.
I used to take an interest in the latest technologies, I worked on the first Blue tooth Keyboard in the world for Logitech and the first computer I ever used was a unix workstation at £25k a seat hardware plus £25k software. These days I want technology to be sorted, plug and play, if you have to resort to the handbook, its badly designed. A Graphic designer friend of mine once told me, "I don't want to know how a computer or any of the programs work, its a tool I use to perform my work, end of." It's a valid point which has stuck with me.

The vastness of it all, must put so many people off even trying. Sure, you can get a tune out of anything you throw together, but getting a good sound, or the best out of your gear, is another story. Makes the task of setting up a turntable look pretty mundane, all things considered.

Yes it's finally happened, I've turned into a grumpy old man.