Well I DO care about sound quality, and I have a high-end home sound surround system. As my MP3s are encoded @ 100 VBR, they are good quality too. The receiver has a direct connection to my amp (I don't use the FM tuning option) and as the unit transmits in the 900 MHz spectrum, the signal is distortion free. I cannot distinguish the broadcast music from my CD player output...and that's all that matters to me. As for controlling the tunes, it's a non-issue, I put my collection on random play and let the software decide what I am going to hear, it's all good to me because I picked the playlist to begin with...

John