Another question - will the upcoming 2 way remote work with the BM5 alone or does it need the BS5 to be connected (and if so why)?

[quote user="TripEnglish"] .....................The way it puts you in touch with the music is like nothing else out there. The sound quality is astonishing even with most of my music at 256 or 320kbps and it's just sexy as hell. .......................[/quote] Just to be clear, the sound quality has nothing to do with the BS5, you will

[quote user="Medogsfat"] [quote user="j0hnbarker"] Can I pitch in here with a vote for my own pans: Had these seven years now and still look and feel like they did when they were new :) [/quote] Hmmmm.... they look unused to me John.......... I vote for the claw hammer. Chris. [/quote] Surely you mean the crowbar - unchanged in centuries

Surely even B&O couldn't score such a spectacular own goal!

If you conduct a search of the General froum - you'll find this subbject has been covered several times before and there are several recommendations from members. (Personally I'd recommend Sennheiser HD600's or HD650's).

[quote user="9 LEE"] ........................we have coming up the 2009 'BeoWorld Awards' pretty soon.................. [/quote] Will there be category open only to those that don't live in Clitheroe??

[quote user="Robert"] Great achievment for the site! Thanks are due to everyone involved in making this possible. I also would be interested in the breakdown of gold silver and bronze members. Out of curiosity Lee, how many posts have been made on the forums over the past two years? Robert. [/quote]See picture below (click to enlarge)

My point was that at full scale out, into an external amp, everything should be fine and should have a decent SNR and low distortion. Full volume into a load (i.e. headphones, unpowered speakers etc) will be liekly not.

Some iPods have better DAC's than others - search on the net, there is loads of stuff to read (certain Wolfson DAC's seem to fair better than others in reviews). I would tend to agree with Alex - running the source at it's max volume (hopefully) should result in the best SNR from the DAC output. (That's not the same as running the iPod's

[quote user="Craig"] [quote user="Puncher"] "War of the Worlds" - Jeff Wayne. [/quote] On Vinyl I hope? Craig [/quote] No - I gave it away! I was listening to the CD layer of a hybrid SACD (I also gave my SACD/DVD player away)