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Did anybody use JPLAY? Did you hear any difference?

Poll Results: Did it make a difference?

 
  • 26% (5)
    1. Yes, but not a huge one
  • 15% (3)
    2. Not at all
  • 42% (8)
    3. Yes, noticeable positive difference
  • 15% (3)
    4. Huge positive difference
19 Total Votes  
post #1 of 10
1/20/13 at 4:12pm
Thread Starter 

Hello guys,

 

A few months ago I tested JPLAY with burson ha-160ds and lcd2. It seemed like it made a big difference. The sound was clearer, more detailed, the bass went deeper. 

In the meantime I got the Burson Conductor and did not use it anymore as I thought it might not make a big difference, since the Conductor has a very good usb receiver.

 

Well, I decided to try it again. It made a considerable difference on Conductor too.  

I also read that Jplay got a blue moon from 6 moons.

 

I, however, don't know if my mind is playing games on me. I truly seem to enjoy listening to, but I am curios of your opinions, so I made this poll.

 

After voting, please write your setup.

 

Mine:

-Burson Conductor (used from USB with Wireworld Starlight Cable)

-Audeze LCD2

-Windows 7 64 bit 

-Foobar2000

 

 

P.S.

 

It would be really helpful for everybody to write the system they tested with, even though they did not hear any difference. Thanks.


Edited by dan.gheorghe - 1/22/13 at 7:29am
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post #2 of 10
1/20/13 at 11:22pm

With hibernation setting enabled I hear the most improvemend.

 

Setup:

foobar2000

Antelope Audio Zodac + (with Teddy Pardo PSU)

Arcam AV9 pre amplifier

Emotiva XPA-5 amplifier

Van Den Hull cables and interconnects (hybrid mkII)

Tannoy Dimension serie TD8 speakers (I don't have a headphone yet)

 

Friends without knowledge of and interest in audioequipment could tell me they heared a difference too.

 

I would also like to add, JPlay has a trial that is free to try! So go and look if it makes a difference in your setup and post your findings here and enter them in the poll.
 

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post #3 of 10
1/22/13 at 5:58am
Thread Starter 

It would be really helpful for everybody to write the system they tested with, even though they did not hear any difference. Thanks.

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post #4 of 10
1/22/13 at 10:00am

I voted for "Heard a noticeable positive difference", but the first thing I thought when I heard it was that it seemed like it was simply digitally increasing the volume.  I'm almost positive though that the quality was the exact same. 

 

Setup:

Windows 7 64-bit

foobar2000

Schiit Audio Magni Amp

Brainwavz HM-5 Headphones

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post #5 of 10
1/22/13 at 1:55pm

Voted 2 because the difference is negative.

 

I've measured what jplay is outputting (with both mini and fb2k plugin) and it did not match the 48 kHz, 24 bit test file. It seems to be doing some kind of processing. Free players don't and sound better, if you can hear a difference at all.

 

edit: looks like unnecessary dithering with noise shaping to me


Edited by xnor - 1/22/13 at 2:10pm
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post #6 of 10
1/23/13 at 4:44pm
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Originally Posted by xnor View Post

Voted 2 because the difference is negative.

 

I've measured what jplay is outputting (with both mini and fb2k plugin) and it did not match the 48 kHz, 24 bit test file. It seems to be doing some kind of processing. Free players don't and sound better, if you can hear a difference at all.

 

edit: looks like unnecessary dithering with noise shaping to me

 

I did noticed that the music sounded sharper which gave me an impression of "better defined and accurate" playback... But to be honest, it wasn't a huge change and I am not sure if it is to the better side.

 

I would suggest to try Fidelizer instead... It's free and it makes a subtle but definitely positive improvement to my ears (Audiophile mode).

 

System: Windows 7 64bit, Jriver MC 18


Edited by RustA - 1/23/13 at 4:45pm
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post #7 of 10
1/24/13 at 3:56am

I have been using JPLAY for a while. The improvements are akin to changing your USB transport from a poor to a good one so overall it's a subtle change but once you live with it for a while, you definitely don't want to go back to the old ways. 

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post #8 of 10
1/26/13 at 11:16am
JPlay 5 was released a few days ago. Unfortunately I have not THE time at THE moment to test it. It now also works with spotify, something I do use a lot to look up music that I don't know yet.
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post #9 of 10
1/28/13 at 2:36am
Thread Starter 

I re installed windows 8 recently. I find windows 8 to have a better sound quality than w7. The differences between jplay and normal ks or asio are more subtle on windows 8, but still are.

 

I also installed Jplay 5. It is nice that they reduced the pauses duration for trial version. It has some bugs. From time to time it gives time out in foobar. Ah ..... the progress bar works with foobar in jplay 5 also.


Edited by dan.gheorghe - 1/28/13 at 4:20am
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post #10 of 10
1/31/13 at 1:18pm

Jplay 5  combined with jriver 18 has made a big positive impact on my system....the sound has changed from very good to astoundingly good. The sound of my computer now destroys my high end cd transport ....

 

My setup:

 

windows 7, 64

 

Antelope Zodiac Gold with Voltikus PS

 

Violectric V200 headphone amp

 

Audeze LCD2-2

 

Lessloss power cords for computer and dac

 

Cardas golden cross ic

 

Furutech pure copper electrical outlet...makes a big difference

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