I have just purchased an NWA-3000 despite all the bad publicity about the software. I was really interested in the audio quality, capacity and functionality. I would appreciate any advice on how to proceed. My inclination is to install sonicstage 4.3 and not bother with Connect. I will then apply the firmware update (it is currently 2.1) and volume hack. All this before transferring any music. Most of my files are WMA with a few MP3 (no DRM - I am aware of the limitations there) - will this present any issues? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give.