[Robert Peirce]

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Audio Empire wrote:

Why don't you call Apple's pre-sales help and ask these questions. I won't do
your research for you. I say this device will do exactly what you need it to
do. Either believe me or not, that's your prerogative.

I could not find a pre-sales number, but I did find the Apple forums and
posted my question there.

So far I have received confirmation that the ethernet port can be
configured as the input.

The optical output is still a bit confusing. One response I got says it
is a pass-through device but is limited to iTunes sampling rates, which
I think are 44.1/16 or 48/16. To me, pass-through implies any rate that
can be run over ethernet, and CoreAudio can do 96/24. I am trying to
acquire more information.