I think your experience of radio voices is pretty common for many.
I'm curious if this short story (also from NPR) confirms your mathematician theory. It's a killer.
MP3: Selected Shorts - Ron Carlson - Towel Season.
From MathFiction:
Bummer. You can't have everything at this price point, but it looks like USB is limited to 16/48. Don't understand why companies release 24/192 DACs, then implement a system that limits the most likely input to supply over 24/96.
Where did that 12/1 ship date line go? Not listed in menu currently either. Wonder how many orders they got in the last 24?
Emotiva Audio XDA-1 Digital-to-Analog Converter
x2. So far have liked Emotivas sound and disliked their 'high-tech' goofy home theater stylin'. Even used to reverse the RPA-2 amp because I preferred to look at input/outputs rather than the bright blue lights.
Would it ge crazy to add a http://emotiva.com/ultra_sub10.shtm to a pair of 12Ls in a small bedroom setup? And if not, running both off a single RCA out (with splitters I guess)? I'm stupid on subwoofers.