[ratso]

i'm going kinda over my skis here, so someone tell me if i'm wrong. if the DAC contained in a unit like my sonos can do 96/24 hi rez files but it is not supported, isn't all that's needed to support it is a software upgrade? and so all that's stopping it is the percieved "lack of interest" in doing so? it doesn't seem like it would be super cost intensive to upgrade - sonos, squeezebox, et. al. roll out regular software upgrades. would a company find this worthwhile to do strictly from a marketing viewpoint - i think squeezebox got a lot of street cred for their whole brand in the audiophile market from releasing the transporter.

[woodsyi]

My understanding is that you would need to modify the hardware to get the hirez signal to you DAC.  I think you would need to add a "receiver" and the associated circuitry to get the hirez files to the DAC.  I don't know if this is doable in practical terms given the layout of the original units.