shrink the component count in a system from eight down to two. These two products are a music server and fully digital amplifier, which eliminate external components, expensive and complicated wiring, and reduce distortion by eliminating audio conversion and coloration created by having more components in the signal path. Core Audio manufactures and designs each of its products from the ground up and continues to conduct R&D in house to improve technology and implementation. These designs are then sold factory direct as well as through a network of trained distributors. Customers with a local distributor purchase from the distributor, those without a distributor can buy from Core Audio directly.