At least they've got rid of the stupid fucking s-video jacks that are still wasting space on many current-gen receivers and processors -- including the back panel of my dreams.
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Dude, I'm nearly a forty-something and I'm never going back to physical media for music storage. OK, maybe vinyl someday, but that's a different story.
Nice! I continue to be seriously tempted by the Headroom Max that Dept. of Alchemy is selling right now over there. If he gets anywhere near $2,500 I'm going to start to twitch...
I'd personally prefer a one-box build for space reasons, and may also listen to the voice of reason from Spain and just go SE myself. Will think on this.