Right I have ordered some 'Reference recordings' HRx discs ,http://www.referencerecordings.com/HRx1.asp
After long and thoughtful deliberation, ( not by me ) two solutions have been proposed for their playback, and the playback of ripped cd's.
A, Buy an E-Mu 1616m card and dock and just plug it into my laptop, seems simple enough, I think you download some ASIO drivers that come with the product , £250 and thats it.
it has been suggested that a purpose built pc dedicated solely to audio replay might yield better results, probably using a lynx 16aes soundcard, cost with Lynx £1300 anyone any thoughts, the Lynx is mean't to produce an extremely low jitter signal, you thoughts would be most welcome,Keith.