Hello the list! Has anyone seen a true comparative analysis of the two players?
What is the process? You have to read the file (on the CD or on your hard drive and feed it to a digital to analog converter which produces the analog sound which is fed into an amplifier of some kind. That digital to analog converter can be in your sound card on your pc or in your stereo's cd player. The amplifier can be in your sound card or as part of your stereo system. When you are comparing sound systems, you have to make sure that the music is being played flat; no adjustments to the bass, treble or high end. You have to make sure that your settings in Win Amp and WmP are not tweaking the sound. So, when you are asking about sound quality with these guys, you first have to ask "what part dose Win Amp or Windows Media Player or the program reading your files on your stereo cd player perform in the process and what influence will it have on the actual sound?". I presume it is in the reading of the cd (or file) and the ability of the software to read exactly what is on the file. So, if you have a perfect cd, will they perform the same? One can prefer the usability, friendliness, functionality and so on, one over the other. But, how easy is it to say that one has a better sound quality output than the other? Hey guy, this is getting kind of long. Time to stick your finger in your eye, start rocking and go back into dream mode. Reed -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dana S. Leslie Sent: 2007/03/28 12:32 To: PC audio discussion list. Subject: Re: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS I agree with you, Bruce. Winamp sounds much better to me (with or without equalizer) than either Windows Media Player or Realplayer. But, as far as CDs, I'm not sure I understand what either you or Andre is complaining about. Of course, I rip all my CDs to my hard drive, and play them with Winamp, from there. I don't play the physical CD with any player. But, when I play an album in the way I've describe, I can't hear any loss in sound quality or listenability. And, when I play Days of Future Past (the *original* concept album), it sounds just as good through Winamp, from my hard drive, as it does on my Cd deck. Blessed Be, Dana that's Dayna, D A N A, NOT Donna, D O N N A D. S. Leslie, née C. R. Guttman Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: dsleslie Web: ÞE OL' PHILOSOPHIE SHOPPE Your Source for Discounted Ideas http://members.cox.net/dsleslie2/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Toews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 2:59 PM Subject: Re: SOUND QUALITY OF DIFFERENT AUDIO PLAYERS I disagree with you about Windows Media. I feel it is the least palatable of all the player options out there. As for CD's, you are quite correct and there's no disputing you there. Bruce On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:55:02 +0100, "Kevin Lloyd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > 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] -- Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.ogts.net Radio Show and Podcast: http://www.totw.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________ NOD32 2150 (20070328) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com 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]
