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First time poster.... I'm struggling to use my PC as a DLNA controller to play high-res audio files over LAN to either my Oppo 103 or Marantz 7010. I don't have a standalone DAC, so the USB route isn't in the cards. I had a modicum of success with Foobar and the Oppo a while back, but now I think that Foobar was converting to PCM before pushing the files over to the Oppo. Same with the Marantz. I've used the UPnP and DSD/SACD components, but still not having any luck. Obviously (I think) the WASAPI and ASIO approach isn't for my setup. Is this even possible? Or is there some element of the DLNA standard that prevents me from 'pushing' a DSD/DSF file over LAN to a renderer that can play it? Or is Foobar just not the right program to use? Thanks in advance.

Looking for a box that works much like the Airport Express, but offers DLNA/UPnP instead of AirPlay. That is, it shows up on the LAN over wireless, acts as a kind of renderer, but actually just spits the song out a TOSLINK cable, leaving the bits untouched. Why do I want this? Right now, sitting on my bedside table, is an Audio-gd Sparrow headphone DAC/amp. Plugged into it are some CIEMs that go into my ears. Also plugged into it is a TOSLINK cable coming out of my Airport Express. And I can use my Android phone or my iPad running various software to push music through the above and into my ears. A lot of the chain will stay the same, but I wanted to move on past the AirPlay era and use UPnP and move on past iTunes. And, most audiophile DACs, haven't heard of DLNA. So a box like this would act like a shim. And really its basically simply a DLNA replacement for the Airport Express. Ideally small and simple and passes through the data unmolested.