a little off topic, but i recently got some CDT front components installed. I must say, only the songs that i personally ripped myself sound any good on them. any poorly encoded (or, in some cases, where the source came from a vinyl instead of a cd). keep in mind that they sounded perfect on my old speakers, due to lack of quality. now, i hear crackles, pre-echos, and even sync errors when someone used burst mode.

kinda sucks to explain to my friends why some song that they heard in my car sounds crappy and hissy now. so... i guess i'm paying the price for trying to improve my sound quality.