Hi Kevin The setup I use here is of course my PC with win xp and windows media player 11.
I have a emagic emi 2/6 usb professional soundcard running into a newly-purchased NAD c320b. So I am not using computer speakers but a proper hifi system. So the soundcard in this stage is completely isolated from the computer. Oh yes - on windows media player 11 is there a way to completel y turn off the equalizer? I know there is a certain menu item to not make the equalizer show but is it then turned off completely? Andre -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Lloyd Sent: 28 March 2007 08:55 PM To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS Hi Andre. In my opinion windows media player provides a better listen than winamp. There's really very little difference but specifically if you listen to live albums or concept albums, windows media player is far superior to winamp in playing the tracks seemlessly. I prefer windows media player personally and I believe you won't get a third party product to play a proprietary format like WMA better than a player produced by the company that produced the WMA format itself. With regards to your other question, no, a computer won't play a CD as well as a good CD player. I've had a number of machines over the years and find the transports are more flimsy than a good quality CD player and don't hold the CD as well. This can lead to jitter and distortion. A computer's CD-ROM is primarily designed to play data CD's and so there was never a need originally to worry about this aspect. Incidentally, I've found laptops to have the better transports which surprised me but they do tend to have a raised centre onto which you can firmly place the disc and so eliminate jitter. After the transport you've got the processing of the signal which is going through a dirty box of electrics in close proximity and generally feeding finally into a not too wonderful soundcard. A good quality CD player will have more separation between the digital processing and power supply to remove RF generated by all that hot electrics. Best way to listen to a collection of music on a computer in my opinion is to get a decent USB soundcard and connect to a quality amplifier, preferably using a digital connection. Regards. Kevin E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "André van Deventer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 8:40 AM Subject: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS > Hi all > > I know that I am now probably starting a rather difficult and perhaps > controversial thread, but I really want to get an answer to my questions. > > 1. Is there a difference in the audio quality between winamp and windows > media player? I like using windows media player but I do want the best > audio quality. I put all my cds in windows media lossless format so I > want > lossless sound out of the audio player also. > > 2. Would you get the same sound quality out of playing audio cds on a > computer than you would get playing them on a good quality cd player? > > I am not really interested in saving my music in wav format as you cannot > seem to get media info on a wav file. > Andre > > > > > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
