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Hi, I have a few things to say:
- While PulseAudio will likely never technically be able to be configured to be bit perfect, it will likely be quite a deal more convenient than most other alternatives for awhile longer. Especially is the case when dealing with multiple streams of different sample rates, when you don't feel like messing with a new distro install too much, etc. I recommend this leddit post and this medium post to achieve audibly better audio fidelity from PulseAudio. Though, it's worth mentioning that making PulseAudio avoid re-sampling is the only made that has no foreseeable CPU/RAM performance drawbacks (it actually improves CPU performance). While it's not bit perfect, there are times when up-sampling the bit depth to 32 bit while maintaining a faithful sample rate between track changes would be close enough in accordance to my convenience-related needs.
- I highly recommend DeaDBeeF or Audacious as graphical music players. I've done lots of digging, and they've been my endgame choices for awhile now. To summarize, DeaDBeeF is essentially foobar2000 except Linux-native, and Audacious has an ultra nice default setup that is more coherent with themes in QT desktop environments than anything else IMHO. DeaDBeeF is also the only free player I'm aware of that can play DSD files (not including non-organizing players like MPV). Also, with DeaDBeeF's built in EQ, you can achieve bit-perfect equalized audio (so long as you've set the output to the proper alsa digital audio output)