The Madrigal design team has made hardware and software design choices in these processors to prepare them for whatever DVD-based audio standard(s) may evolve. The No.360 and No.360S are the first Levinson processors capable of handling 24-bit/96 kHz signals from input to output. In fact, the Madrigal DIR can be programmed to handle 192 kHz signals (or other possible formats such as Direct Stream Digital and the like) if that becomes necessary.