re: Audiophile/Vinyl Thread - Post Pics, Advice, Questions, Setups, etc.

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Logjamming

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JRiver is the go to for Windows.

Unless your CD players DAC is terrible, you will not hear any real discernible difference.

There are arguments about the mechanical portion of the CD drive system (the transport) adding a bit of noise, but that argument usually arises in $100+k audio rigs that have the ability to reveal such incredibly fine nuances.

FWIW, my rig is around that territory and I hear no difference in a streaming lossless file played from a SSD versus my CD transport.

Also, unless you are playing the file from a thumb drive or stick, the point is moot--as your computer HD is probably an optical drive and is essentially a spinning disc being read by a laser pick up--same as a CD player...