Hi James; I agree with your premise. Cds are going to be THE dominent format for some years to come. And I put my money where my mouth is and last summer purchased a HQ 16/44.1 transport, but I got a DAC that will decode 24/96. and is upgradeable, and now, several months later I certainly don't regret it. A DAC with 24 bit capability will come closer to actually decoding a true 16 bit word length than a DAC with only 16 bit decoding capability, which actually only decodes typically about 14 bits. Cheers. Craig.
