I have the Proceed PAV PDSD combo with the 24/96 Software upgrade. The sound is absolutely fantastic, the back plane which houses the balanced modular cards basically dictates which channels fire - remember that ALL channels on the PDSD are balanced. In 24/96 the code in firmware limits stereo mode ONLY -meaning when you listen to 24/96 content your subwoofer channel WILL NOT fire - quick fix, is to "Down convert" your material to 24/48 which WILL fire on all channels. If you can hear a difference between 24/96 and 24/48 consider yourself for a casting call to heroes cause no human can do that.
At the end ofthe day we are ANALOG 2 channel creatures - we hear and experience in stereo, so all this multichannel crap is marketing bombastics - if you want to pay huge dollars to hear bullets whizzing at "24/192" have fun!
At the end ofthe day we are ANALOG 2 channel creatures - we hear and experience in stereo, so all this multichannel crap is marketing bombastics - if you want to pay huge dollars to hear bullets whizzing at "24/192" have fun!