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You claim that an

( ) audible ( ) measurable

( ) hypothetical

improvement in sound quality can be attained by:

( ) upsampling
( ) increasing word size
( ) vibration dampening ( ) bi-wiring
( ) replacing the external power supply ( ) using a different lossless format
( ) decompressing on the server
( ) removing bits of metal from skull
( ) using ethernet instead of wireless ( ) inverting phase
( ) installing bigger connectors ( ) installing Black Gate caps
( ) installing ByBee filters
( ) installing hospital-grade AC jacks
( ) defragmenting the hard disk ( ) running older firmware
Your idea will not work. Specifically, it fails to account for:
( ) the placebo effect
( ) your ears honestly aren't that good ( ) your idea has already been thoroughly disproved
( ) modern DACs upsample anyway
( ) those products are pure snake oil
( ) lossless formats, by definition, are
lossless
( ) those measurements are bogus
( ) sound travels much slower than you think ( ) bits are bits
( ) electric signals travel much faster than you think ( ) that's not how binary arithmetic works
( ) that's not how TCP/IP works ( ) the Nyquist theorem ( ) the can't polish a turd theorem
Your subsequent arguments will probably appeal in desperation to such esoterica as:
( ) jitter
( ) EMI( ) thermal noise
( ) existentialism ( ) cosmic rays
And you will then change the subject to:
( ) theories are not the same as facts ( ) measurements don't tell everything ( ) science isn't everything
( ) not everyone is subject to the placebo effect
( ) blind testing is dumb ( ) you can't prove what I can't hear
Rather than engage in this tired discussion, I suggest exploring the following factors which are more
likely to improve sound quality in your situation:
( ) room acoustics ( ) source material ( ) type of speakers ( ) speaker placement
( ) crossover points
( ) equalization
( ) Q-tips