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Wow, thanks for the incredibly quick reply, Ted.By sampling rate, I meant the flavor of the downloads available. For example, I see titles on HDTracks available in 96/24 and 192/24. (Is there a term for these hires formats?)From browsing the threads on this circle, it appears that 192 is preferred.I'll likely have to go with AIFF, since the Bryston BDP-2 doesn't do DSD (perhaps in a future FW update, one hopes). Sound reasonable?Thanks very much for your expertise and generous help, Ted, and for initiating and managing this valuable circle.Cheerio,Rich_______________Whiney Napa ValleyThe means — Bryston SP3 | Bryston 6B-SST(C) - L/C/R; 4B-SST(C) - surrounds; 4B-SST(C) - rears | Bryston BDP-2 Digital Player; BDA-2 D/A Converter; Oppo BDP-105 | Paradigm Reference Signature S8 fronts; C5 center; ADP surrounds; S4 rears; two Velodyne DD15 subs | APC S20 | Pioneer Elite PRO-1130
Storage is so cheap now that I stopped worrying about file sizes. I also have a Mac OS dominated house, so AIFF was my choice. I use iTunes for organizing my music and stream from my home PC using a Squeezebox Duet which is capped at 24/96, so I don't purchase any 24/192. When I did a head-to-head comparison, I didn't hear a consistent difference between 96 and 192, so I don't feel like I am missing much, and the price difference is enough for me to pay attention. My 2 cents anyway.
The Duet is capped at 24/48...the Touch is capped at 24/96, uless you use the EDO mod on uSB to get 24/192...