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[nsmuhic]

Hello, I would like to preface this by saying that out of all the players that I have tried, JRiver is the best.

But, there is just one problem. When storing my music on an External HD, it sounds much worse than if I were to store that same file on my system drive.

I end up having to copy files I want to listen to, to my C: drive in order to have an enjoyable listening experience.

I propose, to solve this just have an option to be able to copy files to your system drive before playing them from memory.

This is the only problem I have with this product, but it is one that makes me second guess it.

Thanks.

[JimH]

Unless you're using a DLNA or UPnP Server to serve the files from the external drive, it is impossible that they could sound different.

Could you provide more details about the "external drive"?

[nsmuhic]

It's a 4tb Western Digital that uses a 3.0 USB cable.

The difference is that the music is sluggish and generally sounds muddied, while if I listen to the file on my C: drive, it's a vast improvement and much more enjoyable.

I have speculated that it might be because I don't use a DAC and am the only one who notices this problem, but that is unlikely.

Thanks

[JimH]

If you're just reading the file from the drive and playing it in MC, it is impossible that it is different.

I can't explain what you believe you hear.  Sorry.

[nsmuhic]

Okay, thanks for your input into the problem, anyway.