Originally Posted by pers1
I have the Sooloos Ensemble hooked up to my 861V4.25!
The Ensemble downconverts all FLAC files to 44.1Khz when using the coax out.
According to my source at Meridian the ID40 card will make the Ensemble output
96Khz /25Bit.
Both SPDIF and Speakerlink have always been capable of 2-channel by 24/96 Output.

Obviously the 861v4 and v6 are capable of Receiving 24/96 on both their SPDIF and Speakerlink Inputs

Why Sooloos would see the need to "Down-convert" everything from the Ensemble to 16/44 is beyond me. The new ID40 Card should not be "required" to enable 24/96, as SPDIF and Speakerlink have always been capable of it

This is not a question of you Pers, as obviously you must be correct. My question is more a rhetorical one about why they see the need to do this????

It almost seems like a Marketing Decision related to using the Ensemble as opposed to their Source 1 & 2 Products. Doesn't make any sense to me!!!

Their recent CES Releases do talk about removing some of the Limitations from the Ensemble.

Last edited by Ronnie Hurley; 2010-01-27 09:19.
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