Wave players, wtf?!!!

[~BURNY~]

Ok, don't make fun of me. Is it me or...?
I used winamp for years now and I just noticed how it sound total crap compared to windows media player . No joke, it makes wav and CD's sounds like mp3 (kinda grainy in the high/high mid frequencies, bad stereo spread... Ugly). However, WMP (to my knowledge) doesn't handle 24 bits (or 32bit float) files. I need a simple player with total sound accuracy to play back my mixdown files... Any suggestion? I just don't know how I didn't notice it sooner, just unbelievable...:zombie:

 

[prowlergrig]

first check in winamp's output settings that it's using the optimal sound driver and settings

 

[SickBoy]

Also turn off that EQ or any processing in Winamp.
I use it too and never noticed such effects...

 

[James Murphy]

Ok, don't make fun of me. Is it me or...?
I used winamp for years now and I just noticed how it sound total crap compared to windows media player . No joke, it makes wav and CD's sounds like mp3 (kinda grainy in the high/high mid frequencies, bad stereo spread... Ugly). However, WMP (to my knowledge) doesn't handle 24 bits (or 32bit float) files. I need a simple player with total sound accuracy to play back my mixdown files... Any suggestion? I just don't know how I didn't notice it sooner, just unbelievable...:zombie:

my suggestion is iTunes.. it's free for PC and Mac here: http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/

 

[~BURNY~]

Thank you James

 

[Lord Lurion]

I've alwais found media player classic to be the best of all. Look for the K-lite codec packs.

 

[Hopkins-WitchfinderGeneral]

winamp has always been fine for me, once i set it up properly.

 

[CosBass]

www.foobar2000.org

Great freeware player that is highly ajustable.