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  1. As I understand it, Stillpoints are ball-bearing housings (Ballraces) that dissipate energy via balls to their tunnel. So why not use a standard ballrace and save $$? Q) But how to couple gear to the device? A) with a ballbearing centred in the ballrace.
  2. Confused am I too, and questing. As a disciple of jRiver I was nonplussed at the Sydney guys findings. They did not indicate whether it was night and day, or less. Jriver, admittedly developed for Windows, has a preferred user interface, which to some of us is of the essence, all things being near enough to equal or close enough. Is a Mac better at handling the bits? It does seem that any differences (if any) would be down to the various different computation background processes. Many suggestions about reducing Mac processes: was the Mac optimised for JR? Can the sound of a PC be improved by Fidelizer which closes down many background processes?. Seems feasible.. One expert here on ComputerAudiophilehas sweated to discover precisely identical waveforms from jRiver over PC and Mac, and that is it, amen and goodnight. Other others swear that HQPlayer wins hands down soundwise. Most HQP-lovers use Macs; most also reckon a high-spec machine quadcore is better. Yet we’ve been told that any old PC can coast with its processor doing audio bitstreams. Go figure. So I Fidelised. And I reckon it 'sharpened up' the sound. I think. I'm living with it on, then going backto try for a clearer opinion -- it takes time to get the feel of these subtle things. As to 'If it measures identical...' well what about the AudioQuest Jitterbug, with a feasible explanation, which wise ears on Stereophile (and elsewhere) found positive, yet John Atkinson couldn't find any measurable differences. Hmmm.
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