C a r b u r o wrote:

Hi all there,

I have a wish...
is there something on the market that works like a little home-decoder
and player for compressed audio files (APE, FLAC, OGG, MPEG...) with
good D/A performances, good RCA pre outs, a diplay for managing files,
with no on-board memory.
I mean with USB and Firewire connections, just to plug in your USB flash
memory or hard disk when you are at home and listen.
Maybe with an upgradable firmware, useful when a new audio format comes.

I wish to plug something like this to my preamp at home...

Thanks for your answers.

Microsoft would have you buy a PC with Media Center installed.

The problem of dealing with ever changing media formats has almost certainly
been the reason tha no-one's tried this other than to provide CD players (
and DVD ) that play mp3 too. It's eay to install a new codec on a PC but
just try that on a piece of hardware.

Graham