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Sounds like the airDAC might be just the thing to replace both the AE and the Genesis reclocking box. I'll give it a try. Let me know how you get on? Cheers Robert

Hi all, The Arcam airDAC delivers AirPlay streaming at 16/44 which is the max for the Airplay protocol. The AirDac is also a fully fledged UpNP DNLA client. DNLA streaming is handled at up to 24/96. There is no upsampling or processing carried out. There also are additional SPDIF and Optical inputs for 24/96 sources "Our latest free iPhone/Pad app Songbook is a UPnP music player and control app that you can download from the Apple App Store to use with you airDAC. For Android you can use a number of other UPnP controllers, such as Plug Player and Bubble. Also may on the PC and MAC" "Airplay is limited to playing Apple Lossless files at 16/44, whereas using UPnP, the airDAC can handle up to 24bit 96kHz files steamed from your computer, NAS drive or Music Server."

Hi all, I work with Arcam so here is some current info. Just to let you know that the airDAC HAS a digital output. SPDIF large as life on the back panel and the whole unit is built to the highest audiophile standards including extensive de-jittering: To quote. "The airDAC benefits from Arcam's more than twenty years of digital audio expertise and use the finest quality parts in a layout that is optimised for low noise and distortion. A dejittering design that Arcam have used in many of the reference class FMJ products is applied to all inputs. The four-layer PCB allows our designers to maximise the quality of the ground plane in order to further reduce interference between components. The use of multiple low noise separately regulated power supplies ensures that we get the cleanest signal to the audiophile quality output stage." It has a good internal DAC and can feed a better DAC externally. There is nothing better for AirPlay Cheers Robert