I sometimes use some crossfeed with my Sansa Zip. I think foobar has a plug in that does crossfeed as well. I'll check VNOPHONES.

I happen to use Bauer (as in bs2b) crossfeed (-3 dB, 1250 Hz) along with Electri-Q (to flat) and SIR convolver (with a "bright" room response impulse - had to slightly mix input in it, room was too wide). All running within VSTHost and with a pretty convoluted  setup using Virtual Audio Cable.

I can live without crossfeed, but it is the most important factor in low frequency soundstaging, with eq gaining importance in higher freqs. SIR also improves front/back confusion, esp. with electronica.

I'd like a way to reproduce this setup completely on Linux - the one part that's missing is the convolver. (for eq, I can use FIL-plugins parametric eq, bs2b is also available)

Am I the only one who is running Decibel on Mac?

It's very sparse and plain but has the features needed for playing just about all file types, can play from RAM, and was designed for 'audiophiles'.

I like it.  It sounds great and has WAY less clutter on the front end.

JJ

The only problem with foobar is that it still has playback glitches with my toslink dac. Musicbee has no such problems and sounds a little better IMO.

Ahh figured out that WASAPI push works better with the toslink NOS DAC. No more skipping glitches so far and it sounds ever so slightly more whole/rounded instead of flat and wide like event sounds with my DAC. The differences are very subtle though yet audible. Now that this is working well, I am back to using foobar in portable mode