Maybe it's my not fully converted status that leads me to think this but here goes... DVD-Audio supports 96kHz/24bit, which is high enough to be considered "audiophile." Given that knowledge, how many people are really going to take this marvelous triumph of sonic engineering and slap it into their Brand-X computer DVD player and its paper-thin transport in the first place? The real high-end audio snobs are going to expect heavy transport mechanisms and excellent DAC's in the players anyway, which (I can be pretty sure) will not be standard features in a computer DVD-Audio player. I understand those who have moral issues with copy protection, but honestly, life's too short. I for one plan to have a good listen to one of these players, but I certainly don't plan to scour the world for a Linux device driver. Let's choose fights that make sense, shall we?
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Maybe it's my not fully converted status that leads me to think this but here goes... DVD-Audio supports 96kHz/24bit, which is high enough to be considered "audiophile." Given that knowledge, how many people are really going to take this marvelous triumph of sonic engineering and slap it into their Brand-X computer DVD player and its paper-thin transport in the first place? The real high-end audio snobs are going to expect heavy transport mechanisms and excellent DAC's in the players anyway, which (I can be pretty sure) will not be standard features in a computer DVD-Audio player. I understand those who have moral issues with copy protection, but honestly, life's too short. I for one plan to have a good listen to one of these players, but I certainly don't plan to scour the world for a Linux device driver. Let's choose fights that make sense, shall we?