tincanman2010
Jul 16 2008, 09:13
A friend asked me to take a look/listen to coolplayer, and it's not much of a player but just fine for them. Big thing I noticed was sound quality was WAY better than I get in foobar.
I'm a recent convert to foobar, so I tried a set of six songs in this coolplayer, media monkey and winamp - and foobar sounded flat and lifeless compared to all of them.
I'm assuming I need to do something with my output settings in foobar, but what?
I tried all the equalizer presets and can hear some difference between them, but nothing impressive. I love foobar, but I'm going to have to give up on it if I can't get better sound.
bimbel
Jul 16 2008, 10:41
QUOTE
Does foobar2000 sound better than other players?
No. Most of “sound quality differences” people “hear” are placebo effect (at least with real music), as actual differences in produced sound data are below their noise floor (1 or 2 last bits in 16bit samples). foobar2000 has sound processing features such as software resampling or 24bit output on new high-end soundcards, but most of other mainstream players are capable of doing the same by now.
from
http://www.foobar2000.com/FAQ.htmlAny DSPs or Equalizers activated in the other players?
tincanman2010
Jul 16 2008, 10:57
Nope. straight download from their publisher
will look at guide. thanks
In my experience most "sound differences" people hear are simply caused by different volumes.