Most of the information in this article also applies to Windows 7 and is relevant for those who want to build a PC dedicated to music playback. This is not an exhaustive guide of tweaks and configuration settings – there’s certainly much more you could potentially achieve – but this post will provide you with a solid grounding on which to experiment further.
In the second part of this series, I’ll show you how to configure a new install of Windows 8.1 to ensure that sound quality isn’t significantly degraded by unwanted disk and CPU activity, and how to setup and configure JRIVER Media Center for optimal playback. In the first part of this series, “ Understanding Digital Audio,” I introduced you to some computer-based digital audio concepts, and to the idea that sound quality can be severely impacted by jitter, vibration, RFI and EMI.
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