Quote of the day:

"It was 1988. What to do about digital?

Few high-end CD players were available. Few digital-to-analog processors were on the market, and almost all were pricey. Audiophiles desperate for better sound sometimes purchased modified players—kludges, I called them. But this wasn't an attractive choice, either—$200 machines turned into $1000 wonders with maybe $60 worth of parts and an hour's worth of labor."

Source:
http://www.stereophile.com/digitalprocessors/561/index.html