Huh, I have seen enormous consoles of little sliders and stuff for audio and I would never consider myself an audiophile if those guys are them. I didnt understand the one we had in our video room in HS. I got respect for ya guys. But that expensive stuff is just too much for me. A Creative Platinum is good enough as I listen to it on some decent 40$ headphones and the stereo hooked up with a PS2 optical into a probly crappy 200$ tuner and a few hundred bucks in speakers, but its enough for me. I got enough hobbies to worry that not all my music is 320.