hi there... because i give importance to sound quality, i record my MDs from original CDs and never MP3 but there's something i wonder... i got a computer with a standard cd-rom drive (LG) and a Nightingale sound-card with optical out... my mom also has a hi-fi system with an optical out but it's "old, dirty and cheap" and sometimes cannot read some cds... what i wondered is if there would be a difference in the sound quality ? maybe bcz of the optical outputs' quality or the DACs' ??? D j Vu ===== Deja Vu [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://deja206.cjb.net __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger http://phonecard.yahoo.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]