[quote user="stewartc"]By the way does anyone have a 24/96 capable CD player and if so does it sound
dramatically better ?[/quote]
Most CD players that mention 24/96 are upsampling players - basically this means that they take the 16/44.1 from the CD and change the data into 24/96, filling in the bits intelligently along the way. Much in the same way that upscaling DVD players can produce a pseudo-1080i signal from a 576i DVD...
If you are talking true 24/96 (or better) then you are looking at DVD-Audio or SACD, but there are limited catalogues available on those formats.
I'd stick to CDs on your Cyrus, and if you want to hear 24/96, use a PC with external soundcard...