Work-shock is largely over. Several nights of bedding down by 9pm did the trick. Before that, I was the undead. Now I am breathing and living again. the new CD player is nice; not decided on the best way to D-A conversion. Using the old DacMagic for now, but the newest version is a possibility. Maybe the onboard DAC is as good as (or better than) the external DacMagic 1.