SteveC
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So, this says...that bit-perfect output from this JRiver is, well, bit-perfect... on mac and pc. Both achieve bit perfection so there's no difference in sound.
This also means, that any other player software that outputs bit-perfect (foobar with wasapi, etc) also will sound exactly the same (in the same system, into the same DAC, ...).
So your choice of players is really about functionality, performance, features, ease of use, searchability, playlist managability, how pretty it is. etc.
All the bit perfect ones all sound identical. (by the definition of bit-perfect). -------------- I know a lot of people understand what bit perfect means. For anyone who might not get the big picture on it, I'd like to try an analogy.
Imagine I give you a combination lock with a combination/code of 16 numbers. let's say: 1111 0000 1010 0000. Only that code opens this lock. (16 Binary digITs. or Bits).
So I tell someone the code verbally. They write it down on paper and hand it to someone else. Another person transcribes it to email to someone else. They transmit it with a flash light, morse code to a friend. He tells it in Korean language to another and finally a person taps a meaningful code/sequence out on the shoulder of the person who has this lock. It doesn't matter how or where the information was transmitted. It only matters that the final numbers are: 1111 0000 1010 0000 or else the lock will not open.
Bit-perfect output just means the numbers (your music or the lock combination) were not changed at all. So output of all bit perfect players are identical. "Lossless" is similar and related phrase for this.
This also means a digital cable (usb, hdmi) whatever, cannot affect the sounds AS LONG AS they are not losing/altering the original bits. In extreme conditions cables can lose bits, but only when pushed to the very end of their capabilities: Usually wire is too long so the electrical signal gets weak, so the receiver confuses 1 for a 0 somewhere. no longer bit perfect. (music sounds different, lock won't open)
hope that helps someone.
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