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we know well, and listened to them on our two-box player: a CEC belt-driven transport and our Counterpoint DAC. We then connected the Squeezebox to the DAC using the same coaxial digital cable (an Atlas Opus, in

a1.5 m length). Listening was done through our Alpha system, two floors above the location of the Macintosh G5 that holds the music collection.

We began with an old favorite, Now the Green Blade Riseth (Proprius PRCD9093). As we have noted countless times, this beautifully-recorded choral disc can embarass the designers of some surprisingly expensive systems.

This article could turn out to be be one of the most important we have ever published, and we can pretty much guar- antee that it is different from supposedly similar reviews, mostly uncritical, found in other publications. We think you’ll want to get the full version.

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