> of the time listening to music.  I'd like to replace my cd player with
 > a Sony XA3ES too, it being about as close as one can get to state of
 > the art without paying through the nose.
   Haven't read about that model yet. But, I have read quite a bit about a 
$500 Marantz that is suppose to rank right up there with the Gigabuck units. 
Have not had the chance to hear one though.
 >  JA>    Oh, BTW, if you get a chance, read The $ensible Sound report
 >  JA> on the  Stereophile Hi Fi SHow in New York. You will laugh your
 >         I would, if I could, but no one carries it around here.
   I'll take it to my friends, scan it, and forward via WWW over the weekend 
or during next week...whenever he comes in off the road. I haven't yet broke 
down and purchased a scanner. It is far far down on my toys list.
   I too have to upgrade my computer. I now have a 100Mhz/32MB RAM/EIDE/USR 
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Everything. Want to go to 200Mhz(not the Pentium Pro..too expensive as a new 
motherboard would be needed also...and my old 16 bit Windows apps would run 
like crap) up the RAM to 64MB and go to Ultra Wide SCSI. I am doing it in two 
stages. CPU & RAM...then SCSI drive due to the expense. I figure that should 
keep me current for the next year or so. Am waiting to install Warp 4 until I 
change CPUs and up the RAM. 60ns EDO is now going for $39 for 8MB and $100 
for 
16MB SIMMS (72 Pin). 200Mhz CPU is about $650/PPro 200 about $750 and the 
PPro 
MBoard about $375.
Cheers, John
Hillary to John, "I'm here to give you supersex". John to Hillary, "I'll just 
have the soup, thank you".
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