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Is there any other software package/operating system combination that would? what operating system do you recommend? Linux?

Hello I've been using Sonore Rendu for a year. Great sound. No complaints. I run JRiver via Win 10 on a Toshiba Laptop w/AMD chip. The lap top is connected directly to the Rendu with a crossover ethernet. From there it is a W4Sound DAC 2 to a Warpspeed Optical attenuator to a First Watt J1 to Decapo speakers. There is one source of frustration. When I switch on the laptop, JRiver can be very slow to discover the Rendu. Can you tell why that happens? What could I do to make the discovery more reliable?

I had a problem ripping a brand new Brad Mehidau Elegiac Cycle using dBpoweramp. I think there is some kind of obscure copy protection on his CDs. There are settings in dBpoweramp for ripping damaged CDs that worked to rip this CD.