robjob

My understanding is that there is no equipment available yet that will allow 24/192 from a USB DAC. 192 KHz is penetrating the market currently and sounds remarkable!

I'm retasking my desktop to media and just swapped out my SoundBlaster with an ASUS Xonar D2/PM. This card is the only sound card I could find that would pass 24/192 through the SP/DIF coaxial output. I've had it installed for about 2 weeks and so far I'm impressed. Mobo based sound just can't live up to the quality of a peripheral PCI/PCI-E sound card. My current rig includes the PC(W/ASUS Mobo), the xonar connected via 25' coaxial cable to an MSB DAC, NAD Preamp and Amp with Mirage 490 speakers.

Personally, I believe that electronic room treatment is not a viable method of correction. When we strive to have as unfettered a signal path as possible, it seem counterproductive to use anything electronic. I'm all for Tube Traps and Sonex!

You'll have to ask Ira.

Artisanal recordings made by engineer Ira Norman Segall blending audiophile techniques with outstanding musical artists. For those who love great music and great sound quality, we offer ultra high resolution computer downloads of albums of our own original master recordings produced in various file formats and priced accordingly. Please visit: www.unipheyemusic.com

Unipheye Music is: Artisanal recordings made by engineer Ira Norman Segall blending audiophile techniques with outstanding musical artists. For those who love great music and great sound quality, we offer ultra high resolution computer downloads of albums of our own original master recordings produced in various file formats and priced accordingly. Please visit www.unipheyemusic.com

In all your comments about the recordings, I read no mention of sound staging or imaging.