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Hi everybody Having retired, I have a lot of time on my hands and want to put together a decent system I know it is a big question, but I am trying to put together a list of component importance. Most of my content is a mixture of MP3 and FLAC, but all digital, no need for a deck or CD player I seem to remember the advice of 'working backwards' i.e. without decent speakers.... forget it I would imagine that the DAC must be of a very high importance as it is the part that will reconstitute the digital information into the original sampled analogue. Are some better at FLAC and others at MP3 ? Do some understand the sampling algorithms better than others. I know which elements have absolutely no impact on the resultant sound. USB and TOSLINK cables etc (in fact, most cables) (Please do not try to tell me that one USB cable or TOSLINK cable can make a difference to the sound. I have worked in analogue and data communications since 1968 and lectured on the subject for a number of years. I can tell you with absolute certainty that USB cables are pieces of dumb wire that have absolutely no idea of what they are transferring and can not, in this universe, change the contents of digital files to 'sound better' or 'improve the bass') and PLEASE NO DISCUSSION ON THIS I think the list may start 1. Speakers 2. DAC 3. 4. etc My thanks in advance