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Title: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: stevejohnson1958 on August 14, 2008, 06:30:41 AM
Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
      


Easy-to-use tool helps ensure that your high-quality music sounds the way it should.
 

      

http://feeds.pcworld.com/click.phdo?i=60ad983a1fa14d0f50be3eb21a43497f
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: Broni on August 14, 2008, 09:57:08 PM
Did you try it?
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: computeruler on August 14, 2008, 10:05:49 PM
i installed but i doubt i will hear a difference with these crappy sounbdcard/speakers but on my comp mabye
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: Broni on August 14, 2008, 11:10:01 PM
Wow! Big difference!
I had a problem to locate that ASIO DLL, but finally I found it here: http://otachan.com/out_asio(dll).html
Download this: out_asio(dll)_067.7z (dll version) Ver. 0.67 (182KB) (2006/10/4), and unzip it to C:\Program Files\Winamp\plugins
More info about how to do it: http://www.aqvox.de/Asio-USB-Audio-installation-e.htm
 
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: computeruler on August 15, 2008, 12:41:31 AM
HOLY CRAP!!!! :o :o :o :o :o :o it sounds sooo much better!!! i cant wait to get my computer running and hear this with a hq soundcard and spears! but just a question in the settings what sounds better a lower or higher buffer size and what about kernal buffers? and the latency compensation what is better a higher or lower?
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: Carbon Dudeoxide on August 15, 2008, 01:48:25 AM
Hmmmm.....perhaps I will try this then...

I will have to dig up my experimental laptop again though. It's buried under...stuff....
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: stevejohnson1958 on August 15, 2008, 06:14:17 AM
Sorry for the late post...

Actually, no...I haven't tried it, yet.  Only because I've been a little busy.  I'm at work, now.  When I get home...I'll install and give it a test run.

After reading the article, I thought it would be a good informative post.  So far...on my site...I had one review from a Mod.  He seemed to think it wouldn't actually benefit the end user.  However, from your reactions...it seems it does.


Hope you guys like it!

Steve
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: Broni on August 15, 2008, 04:52:37 PM
Yeah, it definitely works on my Vista. To describe it in one word, the sound is much richer.
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: larrye on August 15, 2008, 04:53:30 PM
Hey anyone I have my songs in a playlist for another player they are a mpl format and Foobar won't play them and my converter won't convert them to any other format.I'm using Switch as a converter     any suggestions Thanks :o
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: computeruler on August 15, 2008, 05:00:49 PM
please start anoother thread
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: Soviet_Genius on August 17, 2008, 08:42:29 PM
Does it make any difference with 192 kbps mp3s? If it really makes that big a difference I might actually switch to winamp...
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: Broni on August 17, 2008, 08:50:50 PM
I can't answer your specific question, because I have mp3s ranging from 128 to 320kbps, but whatever I listened to sounded better.
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: computeruler on August 18, 2008, 10:58:13 AM
dont they usually get that way from pirating :o :o i have  i honestly do notice a difference on 192
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: Broni on August 18, 2008, 01:08:56 PM
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dont they usually get that way from pirating
Say again?
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: computeruler on August 18, 2008, 01:10:03 PM
never mind
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: quaxo on August 20, 2008, 11:04:20 AM
Well, I tried this out. Luckily I thought to turn down my sound and work my way up...

It doesn't seem to like my SB Live! 24-bit very much (or WinAmp). Loads of very loud crackling. Nothing I changed in the settings made any difference.
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: stevejohnson1958 on August 20, 2008, 04:37:59 PM
Sorry to hear that...

Not to imply that you didn't, but did you follow the directions to the letter?  If so, were you able to revert back to your previous settings?

Sorry it didn't work out for you...
Title: Re: Better Music, From Your PC, for Free!
Post by: quaxo on August 20, 2008, 05:28:45 PM
Yeah, went through the directions. I don't have a lot of time to mess with it now though. I was able to remove it until I get time to look at it again on Sunday.