I've actually already looked through that thread, thanks for the link though. Obviously, most of that stuff is out of my price range. I'm trying to figure out how bad a regular LOC will be compared to something a step up (audiocontrol). I may just buy a passive LOC and see how it does...if I think I would benefit from something better--I can upgrade later I suppose. Does anybody have experience with the David Navone one or any others?