Hmm.. ya I've read about that solution and don't particularly want to go that route. I just found this thread, though, and it mentions a program called MuvAUDIO I am considering buying:
http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread....58#post1061467 Apparently, you can convert up to 5 files at a time and it is strictly digital...and it's not in real-time.
It's only 19$ -- what do you think?