I have done litte research for DAC on Transporter - DAC-AK4396 has full capability on 24/192 decoding htp://www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/akm/en/product/ak4396/ak4396_f00e.pdf
Also SB Touch - DAC-AK4420 has full capability on 24/192 decoding htp://www.akm.com/prodfolder-dac.asp?p=AK4420 I guess the Design Team has costing balance for squeezebox product by limiting up-to 24/96 decoding. It seems more CPU power, thus more cost when adopting 24/192 decoding. (that why all current products are limited to 24/96) However, it is technical possible for squeezebox Design Team to allow 24/192 raw signal sending to the digitial out socket in some of his existing products (by firmware update) and future products. For people buying 24/196 studio master track, they have thier own DAC anyway. Otherwise, not need to play 24/196 source. A good quality 16/44 DAC could bit 24/96 SB Touch easily (in term of sound quaility only). If the design team accept the above litter modification (24/192 ditigal out put and 24/96 decoding). More Hi-Fi community will happy to using Squeezebox as cost-effective 24/196 reader, but not DAC decoder. Thus it benitfit the squeezebox sales too (acutally I am not sure how big is the Hi-Fi market compared to non-hi-fi market). Anyway wish the design team will consider the above suggestion. Regards, BH2007 2011-05-31 reader arrangment, I (existing and future product) New 192/24 Sequeezebox Product -- bh2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ bh2007's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=47031 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88056 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
