Erikminer
I read your post on the PS site. Hopefully Dennis can figure out what the problem with ALAC is.
All of my files are FLAC, so I don't have any experience with ALAC. For the most part, my 96k FLAC play well (albeit with some intermittent dropouts).
PS Audio has been so incredibly great in solving problematic bugs/glitches that I am totally confident their forthcoming firmware updates will remedy all issues. It takes time. Look at Logitech and Sonos (and Im sure there are others). They have all issued multiple firmware updates.
Hang tight...