I believe that until you turn on an E.Q. of a media player then you're dealing with a flat response which means that sound that you are liking or not liking is from your own system and whatever changes need to be either made there or you use the features the media player provides.
****************************** A mind is a terrible thing.... robert Doc Wright http://www.wrightplaceinc.net msn godfeare...@hotmail.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob Seed To: PC Audio Discussion List Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 9:28 AM Subject: Re: Does the sound quality of different software media players differ? I disagree with your comments. The idea of a player with equalization is that you have the capability of adjusting the shape of the audio in order to meet your preferences in much the same way that one adjusts a volume control, or the base and trebel controls on one's stereo system. There has to be a way to composate for line loss as the signal comes down the pipe to you from the internet. If you don't like the equalization settings simply put all of your settings on flat response without shaping the audio. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anders Holmberg" <and...@pipkrokodil.se> To: "'PC Audio Discussion List'" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 7:11 AM Subject: SV: Does the sound quality of different software media players differ? Hello! To me it sounds like if you have to tweak the sound then this player should be thrown out. >From my point of view this is This kind of talk is ONSENSe but thats me. I mean if you have an eq built in to your player and not use it thats fine because then you may be satisfied with the sound. But if you would like to use the eq its ok for me. I mean the eq will bring out more feeling to the music and tweak it as you whish. A/nders. -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] För Dana S. Leslie Skickat: den 28 december 2008 06:54 Till: PC Audio Discussion List Ämne: Re: Does the sound quality of different software media players differ? This is funny. I think we have an ambiguity going on here, between two senses of "quality." When I first read the question in the subject line, I took it to refer to the *qualitative* "feel" of the sound produced by different players, as opposed to the *quantitative* numbers at which they might test out in a sound lab; and, in the *qualitative* sense of "quality", I definitely do hear differences between different players. The differences I hear may well be due to different default settings. If I tweaked one player of whose sound I am not that fond, I might well get it to sound close to another player whose sound I prefer. But that is why I prefer the sound of the player whose sound I don't have to tweak to make it sound as I think it ought; because I don't have to tweak it. NONE of this talk of the quality of the sound produced by a player has anything to do with the good vs. bad scoring a player might receive in a sound lab's test of its technical specifications. In this regard, I suspect you are right; all the players would score pretty much alike. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christopher Chaltain" <cchalt...@austin.rr.com> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 11:17 PM Subject: Re: Does the sound quality of different software media players differ? > I'm no audiophile, and my ears aren't what they used to be, but I > would be > a little surprised if there were any noticeable difference in the quality > of the output you get from different media players. I haven't researched > this in particular, but the different reviews I've read of the different > media players talk about features, ease of use, bloat ware, .... I've > never seen a review talk about sound quality of one software media player > over another. I wonder how much of this perceived differences in the > players is due to default equalizer settings? IMHO, if someone likes the > sound they're getting from one player over another than that's the player > they should be using. I think the test Steve describes would be > interesting, but people wouldn't have to guess which layer was which but > just rather which one they preferred. > > Like I said, I'd be a bit surprised if there were a noticeable > difference > in sound quality between the players, but it wouldn't be the first time I > was surprised over something like this. > > DJ DOCTOR P wrote: >> Hello Steve, >> I have used media players such as VLC WMP and WINAMP. >> And for a while, I also used Real Media Player, they all sound pretty >> much the same to me. >> I haven't heard Foobar 2000 yet, I couldn't find the website to download >> it to try it out. >> I guess some things sound different to different people. >> My best regards! >> John. >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Pattison" >> <s...@internode.on.net> >> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 11:18 PM >> Subject: Re: Does the sound quality of different software media players >> differ? >> >> >>> An interesting way to test this would be to play a song to someone >>> using say Foobar, Winamp and Windows Media Player without them >>> knowing which player was playing the song and then see if they could >>> identify the players correctly. I certainly don't think I could >>> tell what software player was playing a file just by listening to >>> it. This raises the issue of whether a software player sounds >>> better to someone simply because they like that player better. I >>> don't have all the answers to this debate but it raises some >>> interesting issues. >>> >>> Regards Steve >>> Email: s...@internode.on.net >>> Windows Live Messenger: internetuser...@hotmail.com >>> Skype: steve1963 >>> >>> >>> >>> Jonathan Mosen List Founder >>> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >>> http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank >>> email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> >> >> >> Jonathan Mosen List Founder >> Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank >> email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> > > -- > Christopher > > cchalt...@austin.rr.com > > > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank > email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > __________ NOD32 3719 (20081227) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3729 (20090101) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
