computer-audio

As an IT guy I bring my laptop almost everywhere. Its 4 years old, but when I bought it it was top of the line.   It has a Realtek HD Audio card in it.   Just wondering what software/plugins everyone uses to get the most out of their listening experience?   I typically use VLC for...

So what are you guys using these days on Macs to play your music. I just got a Macbook Pro, first time using one since like 2003.   Any suggestions?

Hi guys I have a problem with clipping in foobar when playing 320kbps quality music. My setup is dacmagic > m-stage amp  > HD600 and I have volume in foobar and windows set to 100%. If I turn the volume down in foobar or windows to around 80% the clipping goes away but I heard this is not good...

There's a couple threads around the Internet on this topic, but I'm still a bit unclear on things. To start, I love the way Windows Media Player looks. I hate the layout of Media Monkey, Music Bee, Clementine, and I find Foobar so maddeningly counter-intuitive that I've given up on it. I've just...

I have my USB DAC connected to my Win7 HTPC running foobar in DS mode. Every song skips at the end. It's a weird thing. When the track is about to finish (about 5 left) its skips and goes back a few seconds and does it again. It's almost like a broken record for any of you who remember those...

Hi,   I've recently purchased some powered speakers & a powered sub, the speakers have only got 1 rca input & the sub has 2rca inputs(L&R). Would I need a receiver to play music from my laptop or would a USB DAC do the job?   If a DAC would be OK could I please have reccommendations...

I have gone threw all the existing configurations about headphone virtualization and they are pretty awesome. But i couldn't find any nice DSP configuration for 2.1 or 5.1 speakers. Could some one suggest a real good DSP configuration. Especially for 2.1 speakers. Thank You.

Hi, I'm wondering how I notice if good headphone reveal 320kbps bitrate files and under. How does it sound?   I'm wondering because I listen to a streaming service called rdio with my sennheiser hd 518, which I've read can reveal songs that are not transparent enough or are badly recorded...

Hi folks. I have a pretty decent rig but am thinking of downgrading and selling my Grace m903 DAC/amp. Honestly, I don't notice a 2000 dollar upgrade in sound quality when I compare my Mac's headphone jack to the m903. May have to do with the fact that my headphones are low impedance/high...

After looking around for a solutions to connecting a network enabled device to a USB DAC, I have narrowed it down to the following setup:   Netbook with iTunes --> Stoner Acoustic UD100 --> Amp --> Headphones.   I am using an external harddrive (non network) connected to a MacMini, and...

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I'm a fairly new Hi-Fier and am starting to feel the need for higher quality sound. iTunes has a bunch of settings: AAC, AIFF, Lossless, & WAV settings with optional VBR as well as adjustable Stereo Bit Rates & Sample Rates.     I've read this, and skimmed over this. From the looks of it...

Just ordered the new 27 inch iMac with the 3.4 Ghz i7 processor...any suggestions on a nice external Dac?

Hello everyone, I'm new here and not sure what kind of music format is preferred. Wav, AAC, MP3, Appleloseless, AIFF...there too many options. Thanks for answering!!! btw, English is not my first language, so hope I explain my question fairly well.

I've got quite a mix of audio and video files on my HTPC that are a mix of DD(AC3), DTS, and multi-channel AAC in the audio track.   I have everything, that are contained in video files (be it AC3, DTS, and multi-channel AAC) working perfectly using Potplayer + ffdshow.   It's the DTS...

Can anyone help me with this?   With regard to surround speakers, not headphones, does CMSS so anything more to the surround experience? Does it smooth out the transition from speaker to speaker?  Or is it only used in cases where you want to upmix from stereo to surround?   Also, in...

I don't know how often you guys get this kind of question, but hopefully you won't mind giving me your opinions. I'm a newbie to audio in general, and always have been. I can appreciate good audio when I hear it, but I've never understood the specs on the box completely, and I have yet to go...

Hey all,   new to the forums here  :>   I don't know much about all the nice equipment and stuff that people use WRT audio, but I'm pretty sure that I know what I'm looking for!  Could someone help me figure out if such a thing exists, which might be best, where to buy one, etc?   What I...

Sooner or later, Tunein will pull the plug on Rogue Amoeba's Radioshift software. A real pity but it doesn't look as if we'd be able to do anything about this.   Does anyone know of a replacement for Radioshift? I particulalrly like its many possibilities for programming recording events...

Sounds different.  I think?  I've only listened to 3 songs so far since updating but it seems noticeable to me.  Anyone else?   This is with my Win7 Vaio output via USB to VDAC to CK2III and HD650's.

My CD's will be arriving soon which I will rip into FLAC files. Which software or program should I get to put these FLAC files in and listen to music? I heard you can't put FLAC in itunes.

Hi, I'd like to move from my "ultra basic" 20 EUR cheap and squeaking PC speakers to some better sounding gear. I mainly listen to Post-rock music (Explosions in The Sky, Mogwai, Caspian) and my budget is max 100 EUR. I do not have a lot of space on my desk, so I cannot go for big speakers...

For anyone who’d like to try Foobar2000 as their Windows music server player, without having to either live with the relatively useless default configuration or spend a few months learning how to customize it…I’ve posted a comprehensive and very simple set of instructions in the Computer Audio...

I plan on building a new computer soon and changing my active monitors to a passive setup. Before I go off spending money on my video card would feeding HDMI from my computer to HT Receiver (Denon AVR-1612) defeat the purpose of my video card - meaning would a $100 video card be any different...

My Current Setup:   Currently I am using the onboard audio from my motherboard (Asus Maximus V Formula NO THUNDERFX).  This is usually hooked up to my speakers (Logitech X-540) as well as my headphones (Sennheiser HD280 Pro's). I hook up the headphones to the front panel usually, and never...