[random5634]

Does this support 5.1 tracks. While rare, that would be game changing for folks with hifi setups.

Good news though. Losses saves you from conversion artifacts. Compression that's not further mangled sounds fine, but what's weird is if you run something with one crompression model through other compressors (ie, to get it onto a network then airplay then etc. )

The bitrates relative to the endless youtube / netflix / twitch streaming are still very small - 4K video streaming just crushed bandwidth, I'd love to know the youtube / netflix / prime video / twitch bandwidth loads, they have to be insane.

[CharlesW]

> what's weird is if you run something with one crompression model through other compressors (ie, to get it onto a network then airplay then etc. )

Happily, AirPlay compression is lossless (assuming 24-bit or less and 48 kHz or less).