Yeah but it's a lot higher quality than the usual mp3s we get. Sure it isn't 24 bit audio like you could be getting if it was made direct to a DVD but lossless ripped from a CD is far superior to digital download files from itunes.

Actually I bought around 60 physical CDs combined this year because buying a physical CD is most often the only way to get lossless quality audio. I also paid to download lossless files of a couple of releases and would do so for all my music if it was an option.

Looks similar to the UDAC. Should work nice for an entry level.

On a budget, you can go with the NuForce uDAC2 that supports 24 bit audio and can output to headphones, RCA, or digital coaxial. I use it for all my audio on the PC and it works great on those laptops where you have little choice on the soundcard. Laptops are the best example of the terrible sound of interference if you plug your headphones direct into the sound card so need the DAC the most. It is also small and portable so easy to switch between devices.

Yes so because I can't hear the difference means I should pay for less quality. If MP3s were $5.00 per album or so then it would be worth paying for. However, when you buy a CD you can make a lossless rip for your proper setup and a mp3 rip for your portable listening. I think the main reason Apple doesn't put out an option for lossless is that they would have to sell the normal lossy itunes files for cheaper because nobody would pay more than $9.99 for lossless downloads of the same music. Plenty of bands have an option to buy a lossless download of their album for $9.99.

Well actually online stores are the exclusive way to purchase some sorts of goods now. I could certainly do without Amazon though because I have specialty stores for different things. Want to buy new metal? Why go to amazon when I can buy it from CDINZANE. Want to buy some new soundtracks, buy direct from the label or through screen archives entertainment. I would have a hell of a time finding the music I want in stores whether I go to best buy or barnes and noble and if they did stock it they would charge a hell of a lot more for it.

FM radio also sounds like shit. The audio quality is so terrible it isn't worth it even if they played good music.

Exactly. Every time my dad tries to tell me that I am wasting my time playing video games, I point out that he is wasting time watching sports and getting mad at things he has no control over.

Yes an un-skippable video ad in a video game is not a good thing. I would probably end up boycotting the publisher if I found out such things were in a game I bought. However, I can see the advertisements on free e-books to be more akin to magazines where you have ads every other page which I wouldn't mind. Throughout 700 page book they could show me quite a few advertisements and I wouldn't complain.

Exactly so even your positive review of 3D notes what most people are mentioning, the lack of quality content available in 3D that is worthwhile. I would love to play Samurai Warriors 3 or Sengoku Basara 3 in 3D if I had a 3DTV but since the games I play aren't in 3D yet, I am not too excited to buy one. Probably in a couple of years if it becomes standard for video games I'll buy one and go from SDTV to HD3DTV and die from awesome!

Well now you don't even need to go more than a year or two behind new releases. God of War 3, FFXIII and many other big titles that came out earlier this year are now available through Gamefly's used game sales for $20 or so and they haven't even been out an entire year. I only buy a game new if I know that I am going to get tons of hours of gameplay out of it.

Also who uses laptops on their lap for extended periods of time really? I always use my laptop at a desk like it should be.

Yes but an Ipad can't rip a CD to lossless in 4 minutes like my desktop's drive. An Ipad doesn't have a very large hard drive either. All those lossless files are big.

HAHA yeah, even though out of my 50,000 tracks a small number of them are from RIAA owned labels. I'd like to see the Japanese labels try to sue me for downloading their music.

But if I bought the music I would have bought a CD and gotten lossless files. Surely there is some inherent benefit there to buying. Of course certain sites make it just as easy to pirate lossless files, in which case $2.97 a song is reasonable. Too bad though for the person who has pirated 20,000 songs because they still would owe around $60,000. Also what about the pirate who downloads songs from albums with 50 tracks like a soundtrack album? Shouldn't that downloading be converted into buying the album three times for a total of anywhere between $45 and $60 rather than paying $150?