[Hetmann]

Well I do have to admit you do have much more control over your audio. In fact, I don't even have a remote. For me its generally background music as I'm working on a project, cleaning the house or entertaining. I'm usually happy to hear anything that comes along on my music library. Suffice it to say I haven't lusted for the ability to surgically control this. If I want to hear something specific I walk over to the rack and punch it up on the ipod. I put my dollars into good speakers and the best 2 channel equipment I could get. I ripped my library into unprotected mp3s at 256kb and it sounds good to me.