The end component in your chain must be HDCD compliant. The player doesn't need to be as long as it has bit-perfect digital output - the Squeezebox and Transporter both work fine in this regard.
Some high-end home theatre receivers have HDCD decoders. Here's a very long thread on how to get the advantage of this extra data without needing an HDCD decoder: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32967 - the conclusion after much experimentation is the approach Phil outlines. -- Mark Lanctot ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33549 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles