b0dhi
Headphoneus Supremus
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Well, no. Different players have different decoders, each with different levels of conformance to standards. Some also go beyond standards to provide higher sound quality, such as the case with MAD, which can decode in 24bit or 32bit and dither down to 16bit, which can increase perceived sound quality. See here.
Although I very much doubt Lilith has any higher sound quality than a properly configured Foobar or Winamp setup, this is because both of those setups would be at the limits of audible quality in terms of MP3 playback.
Originally Posted by royalcrown /img/forum/go_quote.gif Correct. ASIO is ASIO, whether through foobar2k or winamp. That's it. Foobar doesn't sound better than winamp - it just DOESN'T. That's what the foobar writer is trying to say: the media player does not affect the sound in any way unless its defective. Codecs follow standards- either they decode the file properly, or they do not. It's the SAME decoding algorithm for MP3 regardless of the program. |
Well, no. Different players have different decoders, each with different levels of conformance to standards. Some also go beyond standards to provide higher sound quality, such as the case with MAD, which can decode in 24bit or 32bit and dither down to 16bit, which can increase perceived sound quality. See here.
Although I very much doubt Lilith has any higher sound quality than a properly configured Foobar or Winamp setup, this is because both of those setups would be at the limits of audible quality in terms of MP3 playback.