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mjuliaoi
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_ 		4. February 2004 @ 20:26 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
wichone is the best audio player?
winamp?
musicmatch?

please only answer from an expert
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tigre
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_ 		5. February 2004 @ 00:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Depends on your needs :) - What's important for you?
- audio quality
- multiple formats support (which ones)?
- Fancy look (skins)
- Visualisations
- Additional features like video playback, CD ripping/burning, tagging, transcoding between formats
- Low memory/cpu usage
- ...
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_ 		6. February 2004 @ 15:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
For me, Winamp seems to be the best audio player, and seems to be the best audio player for true 7.1 audio.
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mjuliaoi
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_ 		6. February 2004 @ 19:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
the most important for me is quality
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tigre
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_ 		6. February 2004 @ 23:29 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
For quality I'd choose foobar2000, because:

- Lossily compressed files (e.g. mp3) from loud recordings clip on decoding, the result can be audible distortion. With fb2k this can be avoided using the replaygain feature and/or the clipping warnings it can display on request.

- Its integrated high quality resampler (SSRC) can be used to resample output to 48kHz for soundcards that would resample 44.1kHz input to 48kHz internally in a crappy way (e.g. cheap soundcards based on AC'97 codec, most internal Creative soundcards)

- There's Kernel streaming and ASIO output available that can be used to avoid the OS messing with the audio data and get bit-perfect playback.

Most (all?) of these things can be done by some other players too AFAIK but probably not that easily. It's hard to tell though, if/how much using these features improves audible quality noticably for you. Probably any other decent player like Winamp will just sound the same.
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