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Post by Soup on Mar 17, 2019 12:58:53 GMT -5
Looking for an alternative to Foobar2000, Roon, JRiver? Which do you prefer and why? Sound Quality and bit perfect playback a must.
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Post by Loop 7 on Mar 17, 2019 14:07:27 GMT -5
I sometimes use it with Roon but I've never used it as a standalone player.
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Post by Soup on Mar 17, 2019 14:24:58 GMT -5
So far I am loving it as I could never get Foobar2000 to output DSD/DSF files properly to my microrendu/2Qute. All filters are OFF.
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Post by foggy1956 on Mar 17, 2019 14:35:31 GMT -5
Looking for an alternative to Foobar2000, Roon, JRiver? Which do you prefer and why? Sound Quality and bit perfect playback a must. I use jriver, tried roon but it offered nothing to me worth paying 100 dollars for. YMMV |
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Post by ÈlTwo on Mar 17, 2019 16:24:50 GMT -5
Looking for an alternative to Foobar2000, Roon, JRiver? Which do you prefer and why? Sound Quality and bit perfect playback a must. Two quick questions:
1. Are you playing from a dedicated PC, or one that you intend to dedicate as a source? 2. Are you using a Windows machine, or using a machine with a different OS (i.e. a Linus variant, or an Apple variant)? |
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Post by Soup on Mar 17, 2019 18:46:11 GMT -5
Windows 10 PC
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Post by mshump on Mar 18, 2019 8:33:11 GMT -5
I have been using Jriver for around 5 yrs now. I run it on a windows 10 computer straight to a DAC for 2 channel and via wi-fi in my living room system. I have had very good luck with this. Jriver used to have a 30 day trial period
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Post by Soup on Mar 18, 2019 9:10:55 GMT -5
I gave JRiver a 30 day try. Did not play nice with too many of my ISO files, etc.
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Post by KeithL on Mar 18, 2019 9:28:47 GMT -5
I've tried lots of players and personally I still prefer FooBar2000.
I don't use any sort of automatic library control or management, so I don't care about those sorts of features. I'm also not especially interested in any sort of deep content - all I really care about is playing the music when I select it.
I've used FooBar2000 for years - and it's always proven to be both straightforward and very reliable. It can be a bit complicated - for example you need to install plugins for WASAPI mode and for playing SACDs and SACD ISOs - but there are lots of third-party plugins for it.
(FooBar2000 and everything associated with it is also free.)
I've used HQPlayer and it's... interesting. It offers a huge choice of different filters and upsampling options - many of which sound slightly different from each other.
(If you like having lots of options to tinker with then you will like HQPlayer.)
Note that some of the filter options in HQPlayer require a MASSIVE amount of processing power - and, if they don't get it, you will experience dropouts, stuttering, and other odd issues.
(I had it installed on a dedicated Quad Core i7 with 8 gB of RAM - and that was NOT sufficient to successfully run some of the more complex filter options in HQPlayer.)
Looking for an alternative to Foobar2000, Roon, JRiver? Which do you prefer and why? Sound Quality and bit perfect playback a must. |
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