You keep mentioning JRiver -- just a thought from someone who doesn't like JRiver's sound...

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Upsamplers, DACs, jitter, shakes and analogue withdrawals, this is it.

I don't know if you've tried Foobar 2000, but even though it's free, and we have the pleasure of paying for JRiver, I've found that I just can't listen to the sound of JRiver. Sounds like a synthesizer to me, even with settings chosen to be as close as possible to the settings in my Foobar and PlayPcmWin programs (I now even prefer PlayPcmWin a bit over Foobar), both of which sound much better to me than JRiver.

JRiver may have lots of bells and whistles bloat (fancy GUI options, does more than just play music, etc.), if that's your thing, but when it comes to playing music, I won't touch JRiver anymore, even though I paid $50 for it.

Just one person's opinion.

By the way, you can play DSD files via both Foobar and PlayPcmWin.

A few of my comments regarding these players in the computer audio forum:

I don't like JRiver (Open in New Window)

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Topic - OK, if I put a cd in my Lightscribe cd Burner and copy the files to the Desktop - oldmkvi 15:52:30 04/15/14 (9)

RE: OK, if I put a cd in my Lightscribe cd Burner and copy the files to the Desktop - Old SteveA 21:19:49 04/15/14 (8)

RE: OK, if I put a cd in my Lightscribe cd Burner and copy the files to the Desktop - Roseval 00:39:13 04/16/14 (7)

ITunes - oldmkvi 07:12:42 04/16/14 (6)

RE: ITunes - Old SteveA 11:10:36 04/16/14 (5)

Thanks! That's what I've been doing, and it does work! - oldmkvi 11:28:37 04/16/14 (4)

RE: Thanks! That's what I've been doing, and it does work! - agattu 22:29:44 04/16/14 (0)

You keep mentioning JRiver -- just a thought from someone who doesn't like JRiver's sound... - willkayakforfood 13:46:53 04/16/14 (2)

Thanks for your input! I use - oldmkvi 14:49:51 04/16/14 (1)

RE: Thanks for your input! I use - Old SteveA 01:04:20 04/17/14 (0)

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You keep mentioning JRiver -- just a thought from someone who doesn't like JRiver's sound... - willkayakforfood 13:46:53 04/16/14 (2)

Thanks for your input! I use - oldmkvi 14:49:51 04/16/14 (1)

RE: Thanks for your input! I use - Old SteveA 01:04:20 04/17/14 (0)

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