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Don't use onboard soundcards, motherboards have a LOT of EMI bouncing around which leads to lots of noise on the signal. I'd suggest getting something like an HT OMEGA Claro Halo and using the optical port on it to an external DAC.

I just got a FiiO E10 the other day and my dad asked me how much is cost. I told him the price and how the E10 is almost a steal at what I got it for and he said "That's a lot of money for something that you don't need. You can just plug it in to your computer. Stop wasting money"

Thanks for the encouragement, Dad 

And when I got him to trial my rig with an FLAC rip of Queen's Greatest hits he just had a huge grin on his face 

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Originally Posted by SoundPon3 

I just got a FiiO E10 the other day and my dad asked me how much is cost. I told him the price and how the E10 is almost a steal at what I got it for and he said "That's a lot of money for something that you don't need. You can just plug it in to your computer. Stop wasting money"

Thanks for the encouragement, Dad 

 

And when I got him to trial my rig with an FLAC rip of Queen's Greatest hits he just had a huge grin on his face 

Yeah, I deal with that a lot with my family. My parents basically suggest that I use a $10 Walmart MP3 player and stock headphones. Probably just going to order extra tips for my TF10s and let them try.

I like Music Bee personally. Foobar is kinda ugly.

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I like Music Bee personally. Foobar is kinda ugly.

Doesn't matter that much once you find a skin for it that you like. I thought stock it was ugly too...then again, I have that problem with a lot of things. I was a bit horrified by stock Windows Vista and 7 because of Aero Glass and the giant start orb, so I got into 3rd party themes and replacing the start button. I just decided to move to a new desktop style the other day. Unfortunately it's a bit incomplete since the Jelly Bar (and Jelly Bar 2.0) skin for Rainmeter, which is the Android home, back, and...not sure what that third button does but the navigation buttons basically. But yeah, inspired by Android Jelly Bean 4.1 and 4.2 and Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0. But yeah, you can make Foobar sort of look like whatever you want. Example below (this is the 3rd party skin I use on my laptop).

It's not that difficult to do IMO. It's just downloading the files for your skin (creators usually include everything in one folder) and copy them to the correct places in the Foobar2000 folder in the Program Files directory (C:\Program Files\foobar2000). Well, I'm used to moving files around into the directories because of experimenting with 3rd party Windows 7 visual styles/themes(not all that advised for beginners). Just make a System Restore point before you try in case anything goes wrong (with foobar, if you mess up, you just have to reinstall foobar).

Yeah, I deal with that a lot with my family. My parents basically suggest that I use a $10 Walmart MP3 player and stock headphones. Probably just going to order extra tips for my TF10s and let them try.

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Originally Posted by Tangster 

I like Music Bee personally. Foobar is kinda ugly.

Doesn't matter that much once you find a skin for it that you like. I thought stock it was ugly too...then again, I have that problem with a lot of things. I was a bit horrified by stock Windows Vista and 7 because of Aero Glass and the giant start orb, so I got into 3rd party themes and replacing the start button. I just decided to move to a new desktop style the other day. Unfortunately it's a bit incomplete since the Jelly Bar (and Jelly Bar 2.0) skin for Rainmeter, which is the Android home, back, and...not sure what that third button does but the navigation buttons basically. But yeah, inspired by Android Jelly Bean 4.1 and 4.2 and Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0. But yeah, you can make Foobar sort of look like whatever you want. Example below (this is the 3rd party skin I use on my laptop).

It's not that difficult to do IMO. It's just downloading the files for your skin (creators usually include everything in one folder) and copy them to the correct places in the Foobar2000 folder in the Program Files directory (C:\Program Files\foobar2000). Well, I'm used to moving files around into the directories because of experimenting with 3rd party Windows 7 visual styles/themes(not all that advised for beginners). Just make a System Restore point before you try in case anything goes wrong (with foobar, if you mess up, you just have to reinstall foobar).

That's one of the saddest things I've ever heard.  (sniff)

@Hybrid - are you running Linux?  Looks a lot like a conky monitor on the side .....

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@Hybrid - are you running Linux?  Looks a lot like a conky monitor on the side .....

It's the default monitors that come with rainmeter.

Speaking of Linux

http://www.ap-linux.com/

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Originally Posted by Brooko 

@Hybrid - are you running Linux?  Looks a lot like a conky monitor on the side .....

It's the default monitors that come with rainmeter.

 

Speaking of Linux

http://www.ap-linux.com/

HO snap! I'll have to give that a try when I get the time. This sounds promising.

You know you're an audiophile when the operating system you use was built by audiophiles.

Anybody know where I can get a skin for Windows 7 and FooBar 2000?