Tedwin

Oh I see (he lies) I'm obviously out of the loop here! I'll just go and pop my head back under the sand...

Hi. To be honest, at this point I don't know what integer mode is (I'll look it up later) but I do know that my 2010 Mac Mini, running Lion, connected to my tv via HDMI only has integer mode options in the bit depth drop down menu for audio output over HDMI, so it definitely does support integer mode.

Not all dac's USB inputs are equal. The one on mine was rubbish, so a USB-spdif converter was the way to go. But some newer dac's have perfectly good USB inputs. As someone has already said, try the USB versus toslink (optical from the Mac line out socket) to compare, if it sounds better via the toslink, a converter worth trying, if not, then your USB will probably do. T.

Automatically switching between standard and high res, obviously. But I'd also love to be able to rip the high res music from dvd's. I think that should be added to the list. Ted.