Gthrush1--don't expect a DAC any time soon, if ever, for decoding DVD-A, as the discs themselves at this point won't let you pass a digital signal at the higher bit/sampling rate, and SACD decoding will depend on whether an industry standard interface for sending a DSD signal is adopted (for example, my Audio Logic DAC will decode a DSD signal because it takes the pcm signal and converts it to DSD in the DAC--a number of other DACs are designed this way too, I understand--but since there is no standard interface I can't take a DSD signal into it yet). I would expect dCS to offer something beyond their 24/192 standard at some point if they get caught up in the khz race, and they can decode DSD (and use their own interface to do that) in their current models. Quite frankly, I am not convinced I hear ANY difference between 96 and 192 khz sampling rates with the dCS gear I've heard, and wonder whether all we're really looking at is marketing to get us to believe our two-year old DACs are now obsolete. Of course, my ears are getting old, and I'm also getting somewhat cynical in my old age.
