I can't actually listen to the stream - so I will answer from  knowledge
of what should be happening.

> 
> 1. Am I hearing the CD quality stream? Does this mean that wav bits are
> being sent to the SB and it is passing them to my receiver for decoding?
> (When I use the digital out)
> 
If the stream is played OK on the receiver then the decoded stream will
be WAV at the PC  - generally SS will re-encode into Flac (which is
lossless) and this bit stream will be played by the SB exactly as sent
by broadcaster.  IT is possible to force SS to send the stream was WAV
or compressed as MP3 to the receiver.

> 
> 2. Will unchecking the Windows Media (built in) box affect media
> streams in wma format? Will they not be decoded unless I change the
> setting back?
> 
All WMA streams will be decoded but the decoding will be in the PC and
not the SB.  There is no loss of functionality just decoding is in the
PC.

> 
> 3. Can I access the stream through SN? (Is there an upper bitrate
> quality limit for SN?) I pasted the URL as a favorite in SN and nothing
> played...
> 
SN does not do decoding - it sort of acts a "broker" connecting SBs to
broadcasters. Once connected only streams that can be decoded by SB
will play. Since SB doesn't support mms protocol the stream won't play.
The issue is the transport protocol and not audio format.


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