[partyatmyears]

itunes is pretty great and i'm satisfied with it. but i'll do anything to improve the sound quality of my setup. does Foobar sound better than Itunes? if so, how?

 

[compuryan]

I'm not an expert, but I can tell you that with Foobar, you can tweak specific settings about how the sound comes out digitally. This includes perfect, bit-matched playback. Many also use foobar to support the playback of the FLAC lossless format, which is 100% lossless, but around half the size of a .WAV.

 

[EnOYiN]

Foobar does to have better SQ than any other player. The only truth advantage of foobar is that you can modifiy it yourself pretty easily.

 

[Jigglybootch]

Assuming you use the same sound output method for all progarms, Foobar doesn't sound any better than any other program. But Foobar can be tweaked to high heaven.

 

[GreatDane]

Use multi-plugin for iTunes.


http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=41188

 

[terrymx]

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Originally Posted by EnOYiN /img/forum/go_quote.gif Foobar does to have better SQ than any other player. The only truth advantage of foobar is that you can modifiy it yourself pretty easily.

pretty hardsily, unless you are computer savvy.

 

[Jokieman]

Quote:

Originally Posted by partyatmyears /img/forum/go_quote.gif itunes is pretty great and i'm satisfied with it. but i'll do anything to improve the sound quality of my setup. does Foobar sound better than Itunes? if so, how?

No difference unless you are having problems with iTunes songs skipping now and again, in that case you can get foobar and the multi-plugin for iTunes (2.5 is the latest) and use the Kernal Streaming that foobar offers while keeping the iTunes GUI and functionality.

Some of us have had issues with iTunes 7 causing skipping and cracking noises when using other applications at the same time. Some choose to turn off sound acceleration to fix the issue, while others, like myself, chose to go the multi-plugin route.

 

[gonglee]

It gives just enough of reverb sound to the mix, that is pleasant.
It gives smooth liquid quality to it.

The good thing about Foobar is that the sound is clearer.
If your preamp already has that liquid quality, the Foobar will be more dynamic - if not, try the Yahoo.

 

[EnOYiN]

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Originally Posted by terrymx /img/forum/go_quote.gif pretty hardsily, unless you are computer savvy.

I guess I am then. Foobar does have a lot more plug-ins than some other players and you don't even have to be able to make them yourself. Just wait untill someone else does. And then steal it.

 

[db597]

I've tried quite a few Foobar plugins. They all seemed to make the sound worse!

 

[Whitebread]

I prefer Foobar because it is an extremely robust, configurable, reliable, and small player with a number of possible components and plugins that you cna use to tailor the sound. I've quite happy with it right now.

 

[Ingo]

I've seen how cool Foobar can be thanks to this site, but I haven't seen anything that can take me away from using WinAmp. I've been using it for years, and the way I have it configured now, I don't see how anything else could be any more conveniant for how I use it. Also, I think that WinAmp+ASIO and Foobar+ASIO may sound a little different but I don't even know if there is really a difference (so obviously I don't know which one sounds best).

 

[GunMetal One]

well, reguarding sound quality, there are plenty of plug-ins for various kinds of settings, equalizers, crossfeed, and basically a volume leveler for all files, honestly i dont know how much of an improvement there is, you just need to look it up on their wiki test them out and basically customize it to your own liking, pretty much why foobar is a great player.

 

[JSTpt1022]

Quote:

Originally Posted by GreatDane /img/forum/go_quote.gif Use multi-plugin for iTunes. http://www.aqua-soft.org/board/showthread.php?t=41188

X2

Use Itunes and Foobar with the multi-plugin. Get the ALAC plugin for Foobar. Rip everything in ALAC in Itunes. Use ASIO or Kernel streaming output in Foobar. Don't look back.

 

[gabedamien]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSTpt1022 /img/forum/go_quote.gif X2 Use Itunes and Foobar with the multi-plugin. Get the ALAC plugin for Foobar. Rip everything in ALAC in Itunes. Use ASIO or Kernel streaming output in Foobar. Don't look back.

I'd love to, but I've been having some trouble getting that to work. You want to let me know what I'm doing wrong, be my guest.
-G