Difference between USB from computer, and coaxial/optical from CD Player

[Feanor]

i said i was using apple lossless.. what do you mean less than lossless????????

You did, Chris. And I did not misunderstand you.

All I might, (and I said if for benefit of other readers), is that if you had, instead, been using a lossy format, say 128bps, then that would result in noticably inferior sound versus direct CD playback.