A freaky thing has just happened. I am in the middle of re-ripping my cd collection to FLAC, and whilst doing that I load the website referred to in the first post (
http://www.stereophile.com/asweseeit/1007awsi/) . As this page loads, I have just inserted Elvis Costello, Best Of, and guess what the first track is - Watching the Detectives!
I'm just off to go and buy a lottery ticket!
PS Whilst I am converting CDs to FLAC, I do find it very difficult to tell difference between that and mp3. Mp3 does a good job, but as I feel like I want the best possible quality, I am now going down the FLAC route, otherwise I feel like I am missing out on the best possible sound my system can produce.
Sonos, Dacmagic, NAD 340, B&W 601