Peter Redmer said: This is an excellent question, and I apologize it wasn't picked up by anyone in the community as of yet. I'll see if I can pass this on to some technical folks who might be able to help answer your question.

The digital entertainer does NOT support 96khz and 24 bit rate.

calix

I'm one of 9150 tester and I can confirm it play 192Khz@24bits WAV 2 channel.
I haven't tried the other (more than 2 channels,flac and HDMI output for this) but I think there should be no problem. No one in the testers team have reported issue or problem in this area all along the beta period.
I'm sorry because I'm out for work and cannot make some test for you right now. But when I'll back to home (in the next 15-20 day)I could give you more precise informations about it.

Hi,

I can play 96KHz/24 bit Wav files but not 96Khz/24 bit FLAC files through my Netgear 9150. 16 bit FLAC seems fine. I have not tried 192KHz/24 bit as the Naim label site only supports up to 96KHz and I was trying to solve that problem first. Also the Naim site does not say whether they are two channel or multi channel which doesn't help fault finding either. Has anyone else had this problem with the Netgear 9150 and is it just a 96KHz/24 bit FLAC issue or general 24 bit FLAC? In case anyone asks I also have the latest official release of the firmware.

Hi,

It does affect higher rate FLAC files. I can play 192/24bit Wav but 192/24 bit Flac actually locks the system up and it has to be powered down to reset. It is a significant problem since I along with many others have standardised on FLAC as its open and compresses reasonably and high quality labels supply in FLAC as standard in 24bit. Is there any timescale for a fix for this problem?

"The EVA 9150 has been tested with the 192KHz @ 24Bits, 2 Channels and supports this"

Supports 24/192 _without_ downsampling, i.e., it passes all the 24/192 to the DAC or AV?

Actually the support for 192KHz 24 bit Wav and Flac files was added in beta 2.4.16:

- Support for 24-bit, 192kHz WAV, FLAC

If you are running this beta version (or later) and are still having problems playing these files let me know and I'll flag it for engineering to look at again.

That is very good to hear about the beta version and 24bit 192Khz FLAC. However when will it be at product quality? I don't have the time to play with beta's and the inevitable problems but I do want this particular feature as soon as possible and then I would be happy to keep the 9150.

Ok the beta works fine for me. I got a recording from Linn containing 24bit/96kHz FLAC's, and now it plays fine. I don't know though wether the internal DAC also plays it in this quality, or if I have to wait until I have a quality outside DAC which can play at 24bit/96khz or higher (such as a Cambridge DAC)

Thanks though, I am know able to play ALL my music... :-)

Hi all,
I'm really interested in this topic because I've just purchased a 9100 to use it with SP/DIF coax digital output and hi-def audio, connected to my MF A3 DAC that is likely to support 24/192 inputs (it does 24/192 internally).

I have a media player that has raw digital output and the DAC works with 24/88 and 24/96, but I need the coax output so I got the 9100 (it has many new features over the old media player as well!).

Anyone with updated info?

Thanks!

I kept the 9150 for about 3 months and the beta level sw ran with 24/192 FLAC fed with Asset as a NAS with no problems. But I sold it and went straight into my Arcam AV888 because the sound quality vis the Netgear was so poor. I presume it was jitter but after a month of playing with it including trying different mains leads and sw updates I couldn't take it any more and upgraded my original Meridian G68 to the Arcam which has a good network card and sold the 9150. If you are after sound quality then I'd advise either going for a dedicated audio streamer which will have either good DAC's or a good low jitter digital output, or straight into a good audio amp/ surround processor depending on your exact needs. The best one that I have heard for pure audio 24/192 is the linn Klimax but at nearly £12K its a stretch :-). It is in a completely different league to all of the others though and outplays every thing else with 16-24bit at any sampling rate.

Guys, the 9100 has arrived and I tested it against some hi-def audio.
It looks like it can play 24/96 and 16/44 (and maybe 24/192, can't tell), but has serious issues with 24/88 files: after some seconds of music, suddenly persistent glitches appear. There is no way out: I've tried wi-fi and local usb media, flac and wav, DAC and HDMI TV, same result.
The very same files play flawlessly with another media player that has a selectable RAW digital output.
I've filed a support case, hope they realize the defect and fix it soon, otherwise my hi-res audio dreams will fade hopelessly (and will never buy Netgear stuff anymore, of course!).