What Is The Best Audio Player?
Monday, June 15, 2015 by GregII | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
For the desktop? Thanks.
 |
|
Page 1 of 2 | |
|
|---|
Reply #3 Monday, June 15, 2015 1:41 PM
WinAmp 2.XX is my fav
Everyone's got their own personal favorite......
But.... I think the best player ever made was Kjoföl - untill WinAmp headhunted their codemonkies, and basically killed it off.
Reply #5 Monday, June 15, 2015 4:36 PM
In general I like WinAmp better because of the strong library features, but I do drag a few files into Xion occasionally to look at the skins. I say "use them both" 
Reply #8 Monday, June 15, 2015 7:39 PM
I am looking for best quality sound. WinAmp has been discontinued. Is this a problem or is it still the best?
Reply #9 Tuesday, June 16, 2015 1:59 AM
Call me crazy, But i use Windows Media Player for everything. I installed Windows 7 Codecs and the X64 Components and now there is no file either audio or video that i cannot play.
Reply #10 Tuesday, June 16, 2015 9:12 AM
^^^^^^
Ditto... except when I use Kodi, formerly XBMC, to access additional features.
Reply #11 Tuesday, June 16, 2015 10:11 AM
Bottom line....
If all you are doing is playing MP3s then choices are largely meaningless. The format is somewhere between OK and down-right crap. No amount of fudging with whatever player and/or EQ settings will make any difference....it's all 'sow's ear'.
If it's about high-end [uncompressed] audio then look for commercial audiophile proggies...
Reply #13 Wednesday, June 17, 2015 12:36 PM
Bottom line....
If all you are doing is playing MP3s then choices are largely meaningless. The format is somewhere between OK and down-right crap. No amount of fudging with whatever player and/or EQ settings will make any difference....it's all 'sow's ear'.
If it's about high-end [uncompressed] audio then look for commercial audiophile proggies...
unless you speak of having vinyl i dont see a huge diffrence between playing a wav or a lossless 320kbps mp3
VLC... for everything
Reply #14 Wednesday, June 17, 2015 7:36 PM
WinAmp has been discontinued. Is this a problem or is it still the best?
Pick a version and hear for yourself. I'd think the later versions would work best on modern 64 bit systems. http://www.oldversion.com/windows/winamp/
Reply #15 Wednesday, June 17, 2015 7:54 PM
Honestly, I think you need to drink a bottle of Rieslings before you listen to any music on the computer. Just my humble opine.
Reply #16 Wednesday, June 17, 2015 9:48 PM
Sadly ears are analogue but anything from CDs onwards are digital so the wave form will always be 'wrong'. Brains don't make the ideal 'DAC'...
Reply #17 Thursday, June 18, 2015 12:35 AM
Don't know how any of you can tell the difference with the constant ringing in your ears or is that just me. 
Reply #19 Thursday, June 18, 2015 3:56 AM
Don't know how any of you can tell the difference with the constant ringing in your ears or is that just me.
A yes! Ringing in one ear and can't hear in the other. 
I suffer with tinutus in my right ear, and it is constant, though worse sometimes than others, but I still enjoy listening to music in spite of it.... not that I have as loud these days as I used to. Back in the day it was all about the bass and how loud it could go [and I had the system to do it, too], but nowadays it's all about the finer points and those sweet notes which simply weren't audible at 150db.
As for sound quality, the majority of my music is converted from CD to FLAC lossless files, so that way I'm not losing too much quality-wise. At the end of the day, however, it won't matter much if you have a high end media player but crap sound card and/or speakers. To truly experience high quality sound one needs to have high quality equipment from the media player up.
Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:
- Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting on the forums and downloading skins.
- Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
- Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
- It's simple, and FREE!
|
|
Page 1 of 2 | |
|
|---|
Reply #1 Monday, June 15, 2015 12:14 PM
Xion.......