Article: JRiver Mac vs JRiver Windows Sound Quality Comparison

[koblongata]

This test is flawed, you just route the digital stream out and back and save it in the software, the software recorder does not care about jitter, but in actual DA process, where the analog sound is actually forming, does.

 

A better test would be recording the actual analog output with a high res recorder.

[koblongata]

No, the test is not flawed. Please re-read carefully the section, "Test Configuration and Recording Process".

 

Recording the actual analog output would bring the converter's digital to analog conversion and analog output section into the test loop. That was not the purpose of this article.

 

So the ultimate goal of this article is to prove JRiver Mac and JRiver Windows have exactly the same audio quality because bits are bits, right?