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WOW! Thanks so much for the insight! I'm all over that!!!

OH! Interesting! Well, since my DAC's are in my Yamaha's RX-V1GL Receiver. (No out board separate DAC's) From what your saying it sounds like, (If I'm understanding correctly) that I would need and adapter like the (M2Tech hiFace) and then going into the Digital S/PDIF input on the receiver. Because the Receiver only has optical and S/PDIF inputs and BLURR Brown DAC's on all channels. And that would facilitate at least 24/96 playback? If this is correct, this is Great news as I have an extra 15" iMac with tons of music just waiting for something like this.

Hope I didn't confuse or take away from DanH's original question. I just realized the nature of this thread. I'll star my own Thread on the topic in the future. I'm new to writing on forums. One last thing... I'll add this if it is of help to anyone regarding Airfoils output. I just got an email from Rogue Amoeba Software saying this: {Airfoil transmits all audio based on that AirPlay protocol, which is limited to that 16-bit stereo Apple Lossless stream at 44.1 kHz. If Apple updates the protocol, then we'll work to support it, but there's not much we could do about it without creating our own audio transmission protocol. We'll just have to see what happens in the future. Chris Barajas Rogue Amoeba Software, LLC} Looks like I'll be experimenting with Pure Music's streaming ability...

No, I didn't know that, unfortunately the Sound Card only support 16bit on that year iMac, but I'll keep that in mind. but Thanks again for the feedback...

Thank you Paul for your insights. I would have to hunt around for a Mac Mini with a USB2 and a Good amount of RAM for the PM App. Unfortunately my present older iMac's don't have USB2. Yah! I know! Time to upgrade! And in your third suggestion??? Hmmm, I'm not sure I'm comprehending this correctly. Are you saying basically that I would Stream the 24Bit data from one iMac (with the Audio Library), to another Computer nearer to the Receiver which would be connected via USB2 and go into the Receiver S/PIDIF digital input? There by using the AE only for it's WiFi'n the two Mac's together, and not to utilize AirTunes? If this is incorrect, I'm happy to hear any corrections or suggestions... Much Appreciated...

Thanks David for your feedback. However, I'm using Yamaha's RX-V1GL Receiver which uses 24Bit Blurr Brown DAC's on all channels. (There's actually no info I have found to say if it can handle 96-192kHz), but it states it's at least 24bit. And I am streaming my files from my iMac to my Airport Express threw the toshlink to the Receiver, so I am presently getting 16bit 44.1kHz playback, but am getting a newer iMac tomorrow and am interested if it can stream Pure Music's data after being HiJacked by Airfoil to bypass the AE limitations and to stream the High Rez files I have?

Dan, Do you know if using Airfoil to high jack Pure Music will stream a 24Bit 96-192kHz file threw Airport Express. Even though it's apparent output limitations is 16Bit 44.1kHz when using iTunes? I realize this was posted awhile ago but would love an answer to this difficult to find question. Thanks in advance...