Preferred music player?

[serotone9]

Originally posted by XP18004life
Groove Salad? I remember hearing this is a film starring Jenna Jameson

that sounds about right for the name of one of her films.

but no, this *other* groove salad is very addictive internet streaming audio, if you like their kind of stuff. it makes great background music.

[Swerv]

"To stir the pot, I found that "enhancer" to be nothing more than a volume/frequency booster. You can get the same results but boosting the treble and bass levels in windows...imho."

I concur with soupnazi. This plugin does nothing but boost a set of frequencies, lets call it the B0$E effect. Newbies will often fall for its false sound.


As for you natgun, stop being so ignorant. If your ears cant tell the difference, fine - dont be a baby and claim there is no difference. It may be very slight or non-existant in some cases, but I guarantee you its probably your settings or the way you have it setup. Go look in the soundcard section in the 3dss.com forum if you need to read the dozens of people that all agree there is a difference in quality albeit slight...

[soupnazi]

Swerv has entered the building.

[XP1800]

After playing with that pluging some more, I know agree with Swerv and Soupnazi. I just went back to the good ole EQ settings in Winamp

Using onboard really makes me miss the options I had with my old sound card, I can't wait to get that A2

[PinchyCM]

it's good stuff, i listen to it while studying or programming.

[PinchyCM]

Originally posted by XP18004life
After playing with that pluging some more, I know agree with Swerv and Soupnazi. I just went back to the good ole EQ settings in Winamp

Using onboard really makes me miss the options I had with my old sound card, I can't wait to get that A2

i think the rock preset on is quite good.

[XP1800]

Originally posted by PinchyCM
i think the rock preset on is quite good.

Wow, I use the same one!

It's either that one or I use the bass and treble setting

[Mr Cherry]

Glad I could help you guys, it's a Digital Signal Processor and I think it does an adequate job. I prefer the Normal (Ambience) preset myself. Did you guys notice how it controls the volume so your songs stay in a certain decibal range? Pretty cool I think.

[soupnazi]

Originally posted by Mr Cherry
Did you guys notice how it controls the volume so your songs stay in a certain decibal range? Pretty cool I think.

I was wondering what that was doing. It was ticking me off. j/k

[coolqf]

Anyone use MediaSource? I'm at work right no, but earlier today I found that it played songs better than Winanmp 2.95 with the MAD plugin installed (and running at 24bit).
(I was using MediaSource 2 to be exact)

[PinchyCM]

not exactly which plugin to look for. can someone link me?

[number1sixerfan]

Sorry soup, but I still don't like foobar.

[soupnazi]

It's an acquired taste, like pizza. j/k

[Mr Cherry]

Originally posted by soupnazi
It's an acquired taste, like pizza. j/k

All sound is subjective, it differs from person to person. If it sounds good to you go with it.

[CrawlingEye]

Originally posted by Mr Cherry
All sound is subjective, it differs from person to person. If it sounds good to you go with it.

Yes, but an objective look can be formed from common opinions on 'good sounds.'

If you think about it, who wants a harsh and distorted sound? No one.

I find that Winamp distorts in this manner, while foobar is much clearer and cleaner sounding. The problem with foobar is that it seems to be a bit harsh at times and almost makes the overall sound seem choppy.

On the other hand, I find CoolPlayer being my current favorite, as it's very articulate yet quite smooth and musical.

This is subjective about CoolPlayer, but that's my personal findings.
I used winamp 2.90 with the MAD plugin for my comparison, as well.