It was subtle, but there was a proper difference to my ears this time around. Off to the JRiver landing page I went, and several long minutes later (Philippine internet sucks) I’m ready to give pricey software another chance. Then of course, my persistently curious ass wanted to try and see if I could get better sound for relatively cheap- I’m not what it is about paying for digital licences that feels so much more painful than shelling out the same for a physical product, but that’s how it goes. My A+ trial period lapsed and I I didn’t find myself mourning it, all hail the overlord of software audio players! Besides, I have it looking just how I wanted, and I’m loath to give up the cool retro aesthetic I’ve got going on: Plus f2k was literally free, so it had that going for it. A+ certainly looked fancier, but being on a Windows machine I found it didn’t quite perform as advertised. Conclusion: this is all being put out to a DAC so chances are my ears just aren’t skilled enough to tell them apart. Long story short, someone whose listening skills I respect recently took a dump on the SQ of foobar, which came as something of a surprise as I did an extensive comparison between it and the much-regarded Audirvana+ and found no discernible differences save for that the output off A+ was a hell of a lot louder, making level-matched testing annoying.
That said, it should be no surprise that I’d gravitate towards the foobar2000 community, with its myriad customisation options and promises of bit-perfect output. I’ve always been a “bits are bits” sort of lad, though I have managed to discern differences in software media players on my mobile(*).
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