Thanks for responding Bill. My system rebuild is "on hold" while I wait for some developments to become clearer to me, DAC integer mode support being one of them.
Hey Tom, yeah it's been a while since I've been by. Hope all is well with you & yours. I'm pretty much waiting in the wings for now as I muster resources for what I hope will be a big, positive push towards "final" assembly of my speaker-based system. Fingers are crossed that I make some sensible decisions this go around. - String