[Peter De Smidt]

Ideally, if your source material is in the digital format, then you want all of the processing done in the digital domain, with only one digital to analoque conversion. The more conversions that you do, the more grundge you will hear. That said, Anthony Cordesman recently reviewed a TacT product in The Absolute Sound, and he thought the gains from the TacT system easily outweighed the negatives, through both analoque and digital inputs. I've read Mr. Cordesman for over twenty years, and I've listen to a number of his recommended components. I find that I usually agree with his judgments.

While these types of systems sound great, they are completely out of my budget. I'd be interested in trying the Behringer, but even it is a little pricey for a casual look-see of something I may not end up using at all.