Emu0404 AK4396 to Broskie Unbalancer Audible differences?

I want to be able to hear the difference in dynamics and odd harmonics by ear, but for this I just need to remove the amplitude of a track from the other, the residual I will amplify by a certain db factor which is the residual distortion and listen to what it sounds like.

Yes, it is easy to do with dummy load and speakers. It will be obvious that the SS amp will have the cleanest output, even with crappy parts and opamps in the signal...
 
I don't know , I recorded both files, imported in Audacity,

in Audacity I aligned them bit to bit + matched volume level 0.001 db average

then I exported each file by using selection and muting the other....

the files are different but the program wont play and the comparison doesn't work.
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I let the program running for 1 hour, then clicked again to compare, now it works, the differences are very small!!!
 
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jitter was 1.5us and the tube (right) was 1.2us ...

I did my recordings at 24 bits 96kpsb

The master is 16bits 44kbps

The software says that it is bit perfect at 16.5 bit !!!

which means there should be 0% difference... As I can confirm I cannot hear any difference.

With the tube DAC there is just a little more noise which is inaudible in reality.