vifarmi

My synology DS210J NAS plays all formats with the Audio station in USB mode, FLAC, MP3, WAV etc. But isnt the NAS converting/decoding for example FLAC to another format that the V-DAC can read? and is that conversion/decoding limited to an upper limit bitrate when it is sent out of the USB? I have some FLAC 24BIT/96Khz music files, but will those files be "downsampled" by the Audio Station software in the NAS when sent through the USB output? Sorry for all my questions :-/

I have a v-dac connected to my synology ds210j NAS by USB out directly from the NAS. As i can understand, there is a 16 BIT upper limit set by the chip in the V-DAC and by connecting a V-link between my NAS and V-DAC, the limit will be 24 BIT, so far so good?! But is there an output bit limit from the Synology NAS when i play the music from the Audio Station software on my NAS? I cant figure out if the NAS sets a upper 16 BIT/48 Khz limit? If it does, i wont benefit from buying a V-link, which I am considering. Sorry if its a silly question but im a digital audio noob :-)