Yeah, let’s suppose your hypothesis is supported and you can hear the difference in these two stimuli. So what?
Like I said from the beginning, I have nothing to sell or to promote.
But if my hypothesis is supported (in this case, that a bit-identical change in a software player can cause an audible difference, with everything else remaining constant), I would have thought that this would be of very great interest here on ASR.
It would mean that the current measurements (SINAD, IMD, etc.) taken to compare two streamers, lets say, although certainly not incorrect, may be inadequate.
For my own part, I would love to find measurements that correlate with what I hear, so that I might further optimise my system.