Can JRiver's internal volume reduce clipping/sibilance?

[bluesman]

19 minutes ago, stefano_mbp said:

JRiver 26 on NUC8i3 16GB ram/Ubuntu 20.04 here.

Volume is disabled and no sibilance at all

...as it is for me.  I'm running multiple instances: serious AMD Win10 PC (JRMC27), serious Intel Gateway media center PC / Ubuntu 20 Studio, multiple Raspberry Pis (3B+ and 4) on Raspberry Pi OS, and an Asus Chromebox on Ubuntu 18.04 with no difference in SQ whether JRMC volume is set at 100% or disabled. All but the Win10 machine are on JRMC 26 until I get around to updating them.

 

There was a slight difference in clarity and definition of mids and highs with JR volume set very low on the 32 bit Raspberry Pi OS, when I once looked for an effect of the digital volume control.  But on 64 bit systems, it doesn't seem to make a difference at any volume.

[bluesman]

1 hour ago, Wilderness said:

My chain is: JRiver 26>iMac 27 inch 2017 Core i7 w/32 GB RAM & Mojave OS>USB>Wyred 4 Sound uLink>digital coax>Teac 503NT DAC>XLR>McIntosh MA252 hybrid amp>GoldenEar 3+ tower speakers & two 12 inch subwoofers

Nice!!