What Is The Best Audio Player?
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WinAmp 2.XX is my fav
Everyone's got their own personal favorite......
But.... I think the best player ever made was Kjoföl - untill WinAmp headhunted their codemonkies, and basically killed it off.
In general I like WinAmp better because of the strong library features, but I do drag a few files into Xion occasionally to look at the skins. I say "use them both" 
Quoting Snowman, reply 3
WinAmp 2.XX is my fav
Everyone's got their own personal favorite......
But.... I think the best player ever made was Kjoföl - untill WinAmp headhunted their codemonkies, and basically killed it off.
End of Snowman's quote
What he said...;)
I am looking for best quality sound. WinAmp has been discontinued. Is this a problem or is it still the best?
Call me crazy, But i use Windows Media Player for everything. I installed Windows 7 Codecs and the X64 Components and now there is no file either audio or video that i cannot play.
^^^^^^
Ditto... except when I use Kodi, formerly XBMC, to access additional features.
Bottom line....
If all you are doing is playing MP3s then choices are largely meaningless. The format is somewhere between OK and down-right crap. No amount of fudging with whatever player and/or EQ settings will make any difference....it's all 'sow's ear'.
If it's about high-end [uncompressed] audio then look for commercial audiophile proggies...;)
Quoting Jafo, reply 11
Bottom line....
If all you are doing is playing MP3s then choices are largely meaningless. The format is somewhere between OK and down-right crap. No amount of fudging with whatever player and/or EQ settings will make any difference....it's all 'sow's ear'.
If it's about high-end [uncompressed] audio then look for commercial audiophile proggies...
End of Jafo's quote
unless you speak of having vinyl i dont see a huge diffrence between playing a wav or a lossless 320kbps mp3
VLC... for everything
Quoting GregII, reply 8
WinAmp has been discontinued. Is this a problem or is it still the best?
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Pick a version and hear for yourself. I'd think the later versions would work best on modern 64 bit systems. http://www.oldversion.com/windows/winamp/
Honestly, I think you need to drink a bottle of Rieslings before you listen to any music on the computer. Just my humble opine.
Sadly ears are analogue but anything from CDs onwards are digital so the wave form will always be 'wrong'. Brains don't make the ideal 'DAC'...;)
Don't know how any of you can tell the difference with the constant ringing in your ears or is that just me. 
Quoting scorpNZ, reply 17
Don't know how any of you can tell the difference with the constant ringing in your ears or is that just me.
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Not just you....31 years of Formula One at [mostly] 120 db has put paid to any quality hearing I might ever have had...;)
Quoting scorpNZ, reply 17
Don't know how any of you can tell the difference with the constant ringing in your ears or is that just me.
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A yes! Ringing in one ear and can't hear in the other. 
I suffer with tinutus in my right ear, and it is constant, though worse sometimes than others, but I still enjoy listening to music in spite of it.... not that I have as loud these days as I used to. Back in the day it was all about the bass and how loud it could go [and I had the system to do it, too], but nowadays it's all about the finer points and those sweet notes which simply weren't audible at 150db.
As for sound quality, the majority of my music is converted from CD to FLAC lossless files, so that way I'm not losing too much quality-wise. At the end of the day, however, it won't matter much if you have a high end media player but crap sound card and/or speakers. To truly experience high quality sound one needs to have high quality equipment from the media player up.
Quoting starkers, reply 19
To truly experience high quality sound one needs to have high quality equipment from the media player up.
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Actually....from the media...up.... JAFOCHECK
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