Need an elegant solution to declare the value of two variables based on the count of the post

You need a second for loop that will output the stop function for all the players except the current one, like this:

<?php

$posts = get_posts(array(
    'numberposts' => 3,
    'post_type' => 'any'
));

$number_of_posts_returned = count($posts); //because it can be less than the ones we wanted

if ($posts):
    $i = 1;
    ?>
    <?php foreach ($posts as $post) : ?>
        <div class="media-container audio player-<?php echo $i; ?>">
            <div id="player-<?php echo $i; ?>">Loading this Audio...</div>
            <script type="text/javaScript">
                var playerInstance = jwplayer("player-<?php echo $i; ?>");
                playerInstance.setup({
                file: '<?php //the_field("audio_upload"); ?>',
                image: '<?php //the_field("audio_image"); ?>',
                events:{
                    onPlay: function() {
                        <?php 
                        //lets create the stop call for all except the current number
                        for ($x = 1; $x <= $number_of_posts_returned; $x++) { 
                            if($x != $i){
                       ?>
                            jwplayer('player-<?php echo $x; ?>').stop();

                      <?php }//end IF

                        } //end for
                       ?>

                    }
                }
                });
            </script>

            <div class="media-details">
                <h2 class="audio-title"><?php //the_field('name_of_audio'); ?>    </h2>
            </div>
        </div>
        <?php $i++;
    endforeach;
    wp_reset_postdata();
endif; ?>