Windows Media vs. Winamp

License2ILL
License2ILL Posts: 71
edited November 2010 in Music & Movies
Did replays and replays of:

Lost boys "cry little sister"
Rick James "Superfreak"
Corey Hart "wear my sunglasses"
Billy Idol "Rebel yell"
Ice T "I'm your pusher"
Jay-Z "Lost one"

Pumped through my classics: Roland MA-8's

WinAmp is doing something...not leaps and bounds ahead of WMP but something......on "wear sunglasses" you can hear a lot more clearly the switching from L-speaker to R-speaker(beginning of song). Overall slightly crispier...and the EQ seems more precise.

Visualz are off though not in tune with the music.
You can run both apps together but I'd stop them before switching back and forth cuz you could crash your junk if you play over each other....they can play together but i dont know how long.
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  • Face
    Face Posts: 14,340
    edited March 2008
    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=65508
    "He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And when you gaze long into an abyss the abyss also gazes into you." Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • Refefer
    Refefer Posts: 1,280
    edited March 2008
    I'm not so sure this should be a redirect. It sounds to me like it's a review of Winamp.

    Were you using ASIO drivers?
    Lovin that music year after year.

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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited March 2008
    Winamp has 10 times the audio codecs compared to WMP.

    All I use is Winamp. Better search, track listing and playback quality.
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  • License2ILL
    License2ILL Posts: 71
    edited March 2008
    Refefer wrote: »
    I'm not so sure this should be a redirect. It sounds to me like it's a review of Winamp.

    Were you using ASIO drivers?

    No what are those?
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited March 2008
    Winamp
    engtaz
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • ben62670
    ben62670 Posts: 15,969
    edited March 2008
    New convert to winamp, and I love it. Sounds much better than WMP.
    Please. Please contact me a ben62670 @ yahoo.com. Make sure to include who you are, and you are from Polk so I don't delete your email. Also I am now physically unable to work on any projects. If you need help let these guys know. There are many people who will help if you let them know where you are.
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  • Refefer
    Refefer Posts: 1,280
    edited March 2008
    License2ILL wrote: »
    No what are those?

    Basically, whenever you play any music in windows, it has to go through Window's K-Mixer which down or up samples everything to 44.1, 16-bit. Even if you're playing audio which is already in that format, it will reconvert it. The end result: windows screws with the audio before it hits your sound card. ASIO drivers lets you bi-pass window's internal mixer and go strait to the sound card (assuming it supports it).

    Basically, it makes it sound even better ;)
    Lovin that music year after year.

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  • honda cber
    honda cber Posts: 267
    edited March 2008
    foobar 2000 is good too--- lightweight and supports virtually every format. i still use winamp a lot if only because i have been doing so for better than 10 years.

    http://www.foobar2000.org/

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  • mightymouse
    mightymouse Posts: 254
    edited March 2008
    I use foobar 2000.
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  • phipiper10
    phipiper10 Posts: 955
    edited March 2008
    I use Winamp - WMP tries to do too much checking or loading or something at startup and ocassionally freezes
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  • Meeks32
    Meeks32 Posts: 330
    edited March 2008
    How is winamp vs. itunes? I like itunes better than WMP, but havent used winamp in a long time.
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited March 2008
    I think They both suck.

    But knock yourself out.

    RT1
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  • Refefer
    Refefer Posts: 1,280
    edited March 2008
    Winamp is lighter than iTunes and sounds better IMNSHO. The skin it now uses (obviously you can change it) has a a more WMP/iTunes feel about it, so it might be worth checking out for you.
    Lovin that music year after year.

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    Promitheus Audio TVC SE,
    Rotel RB-980BX,
    OPPO DV-970HD,
    Lite Audio DAC AH,
    IXOS XHA305 Interconnects

    Computer Rig

    Polk SDA CRS+,
    Creek Audio 5350 SE,
    Morrow Audio MA1 Interconnect,
    HRT Music Streamer II
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited November 2010
    Yeah - I prefer Winamp over iTunes too
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