Are there any audiophile quality streaming options

Good question. Imagine a service like MOG that streams 1,411 kbs or even more, say 3-4 thousand kbs (real Hi Res, 24 bit/96 khz)! I can stream HD movies with 5.1 soundtrack on VUDU through my ROKU box. What are the technical limitations preventing high bitrate music streaming? BTW, I've been fooling with a service called Orastream which seems like a step in the right direction.

RD, As you say, this isn't a technical problem since HD movies are already being streamed. The only real issues I can think of are the bandwidth cost that the streaming company would incur and the fact that all of their music would have to be re-ripped at the higher bitrate. I wouldn't want to have to do that for my current catalog which isn't very big - imagine doing it for the 16 million plus tracks MOG advertises! This assumes that they weren't forward thinking and already have the uncompressed tracks somewhere.

However, probably the real issue is record company restrictions. The labels will flip when you start talking about sending out unadulterated digital copies of master "tapes" much less high-resolution copies. HDTracks had to raise their prices for high resolution downloads due to pressure from the record labels. Of course this is totally artificial. The only difference in costs for a 24/96 track vs. a 16/44 are the slight increase in costs for storage and download bandwidth.

Dick

Just signed on for MOG primo. Thanks to all for the great info here - I'm looking forward to using the service

Still wondering if the OPPO 95 can access MOG?

FYI - iPhone 5/BMW types

Today I learned that the BMW cradle for the iPhone 5 won't be available 'til early next year so you won't be able to get MOG thru your screen+controller until then. In the meantime, I plan on piling up a sh*tload of music so it's ready to roll when the hardware arrives.

Marty