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What PC audio players do you guys use?
« on: December 08, 2012, 04:59:21 PM »
Is there any merit at all in the super fancy ones like JPlay?

Am I missing out using MPC and VLC?
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Re: What PC audio players do you guys use?
« Reply #1 on: December 08, 2012, 05:09:48 PM »
Yes.  JRiver here.  I can say Media Monkey was horrible, far worse than stock Windows Media Player.  WMP on Win8 sounds pretty decent tbh.
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Re: What PC audio players do you guys use?
« Reply #2 on: December 08, 2012, 05:24:22 PM »
Alright, I'll try out JRiver.  I was using the trial version of Jplay through iTunes and thought maybe, just maybe, it was a bit less harsh, but it was impossible for me to really A/B due to how unresponsive its UI (the iTunes one) was.

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Are there any particular settings I should be using?
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Re: What PC audio players do you guys use?
« Reply #3 on: December 08, 2012, 05:39:46 PM »
Tools>Options>WASAPI


Select your DAC from the drop down underneath that.


It will give exclusive control to the device so you may not be able to listen to youtube and music at the same time depending on your setup.
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Re: What PC audio players do you guys use?
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2012, 05:51:38 PM »
Relying solely on the Conductor's stepped attenuator is kind of irritating, but I'll try this out for awhile.  I imagine this will be less of a hassle when I start using W4S DAC2 -> ECBA since the DAC2 has its own 65-step volume control.

Thanks!

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huh... any idea why FLAC's wouldn't laod with these settings?

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uh, I guess they work now!
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Re: What PC audio players do you guys use?
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2012, 06:20:55 PM »
I use foobar2k, mainly because it has a lyrics function.
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Re: What PC audio players do you guys use?
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2012, 06:25:57 PM »
Nothing can touch foobar IMO. Extremely customizable, lightweight and zero bloat.
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Re: What PC audio players do you guys use?
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2012, 08:59:34 PM »
Foobar and VLC, nothing else...
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Re: What PC audio players do you guys use?
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2012, 09:23:56 PM »
Foobar and VLC. Will check out JRiver.
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Re: What PC audio players do you guys use?
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2012, 09:37:04 PM »
You guys should check out MPC as a video player, it can make HD playback much smoother if you have a decent GPU.
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