Why are 88kHz/24bit alac files coming up ineligible in Match?

I've downloaded two audiophile 88kHz/24bit albums in alac format from HDtracks.com, ("Sam Cooke at the Copa" and "Pierre Boulez - Vienna Philharmonic - With Anne Sofie von Otter - Mahler Symphony #3") and imported them into iTunes - they play fine but are coming up ineligible in match. Anyone know the cause and solution?

Well, it's a drag, but the problem seems to be Apple's simple inability to handle audiophile HD spec music files.
I've heard from the HDtracks folks what they believe is the issue: Though the file sizes are below the 200mb limit of Match, the other parameters are too large, and that other than simply playing them on a pc with iTunes, the Apple stuff can't handle any music files, ALAC or otherwise, with such HD specs. Specifically: the Apple max appears to be a 44.100 khz sample rate and a 256 kbps (VBR) bit rate - these audiophile HD files are a 88.200 khz sample rate, and have a 24 bit sample size with bit rates ranging from over 9000 kbps to over 47000 kbps...
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iTunes will then have a copy that will (should) match/upload to Match. It's a pain, because then you have two copies... You also should remember to change your import settings back to what you prefer - in my case ALAC - else, next time you go to rip a CD, it will be in lossy AAC. Also, I unselected the new lower res versions so that DJ (yes, I rolled back to iTunes 10.7 to get DJ back after 11 came out, because DJ was removed from 11 and it was my favorite feature) and shuffle will only play the hi-res versions. That doesn't affect Match, because it makes everything it has available whether checked or not in iTunes.

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