Sorry guys, it appears that some of the control names I hear through VoiceOver are not what you guys see on the screen. Rob and I found ths out when he was remoted in and helping me find some of the controls -- btw, I have yet to try 1.8 as my system is down for upgrades and mods and building of a dedicated listening room, so I haven't checked out anything since 1.74a and maybe these controls are either no longer there or speak the same name now as the one you guys see on the screen -- Rob had said he would be making some changes as in addition to thisproblem there were many controls I wasn't seeing at all -- like hog mode support, a control to select the dac, etc. -- all pretty important stuff.
I'll be moving all my computers this weekend so I'll try the mini, upgrade PM and report back with what I find.
Actually, I think you have to both -- disable dithering and set the output to 0 dB, or as Ted said, switch to integer mode.
-- Jim