iTunes + Wolfson DACs = AWFUL, Winamp + Wolfson DACs = BEAUTIFUL

[beer]

[Rant]
I buy a nice envy 24ht-s sound card, fire up the system, route the audio through the wolfson (instead of the via) dacs, and it sounds like CRAP in iTunes. Now I'm using Winamp but I miss the iTunes UI

[/rant]

Edit -
Wolfson DACS = 192 KHz, most are just 48 KHz

 

[AFB]

Winamp Skins

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: AFB
Winamp Skins

UI is just more than apperance. In particular, I miss filtering, rather than sorting, and I miss iPod support

 

[Gurck]

*snickers*

On a serious note, try foobar. It even has a plugin to support ... *spits* ... ipods.

 

[aidanjm]

What envy card did you get? I use a toslink (optical) cable to my little sony bookshelf stereo, so I don't have to worry about the DACs in the sound card

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: aidanjm
What envy card did you get? I use a toslink (optical) cable to my little sony bookshelf stereo, so I don't have to worry about the DACs in the sound card

Yea I have the klipsch 2.1s, so that isn't an option

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: aidanjm
What envy card did you get? I use a toslink (optical) cable to my little sony bookshelf stereo, so I don't have to worry about the DACs in the sound card

you just have to worry about the sh1tty sony bookshelf stereo

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: beer
[Rant]
I buy a nice envy 24ht-s sound card, fire up the system, route the audio through the wolfson (instead of the via) dacs, and it sounds like CRAP in iTunes. Now I'm using Winamp but I miss the iTunes UI

[/rant]

Edit -
Wolfson DACS = 192 KHz, most are just 48 KHz

and most music is at 44KHz. so what's the big deal.

 

[Pabster]

Ya sorry but running Wolfson to a 2.1 Klipsch set is like running a race car on 85 octane unleaded.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: Pabster
Ya sorry but running Wolfson to a 2.1 Klipsch set is like running a race car on 85 octane unleaded.

exactly. Hell, even my setup wouldn't appreciate it to its full potential...

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: aidanjm
What envy card did you get? I use a toslink (optical) cable to my little sony bookshelf stereo, so I don't have to worry about the DACs in the sound card

you just have to worry about the sh1tty sony bookshelf stereo

it sounds ok

 

[keeleysam]

iTunes > Winamp

Sorry about that.

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: keeleysam
iTunes > Winamp

Sorry about that.

I think so too.....

*hides behind rock*

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: Pabster
Ya sorry but running Wolfson to a 2.1 Klipsch set is like running a race car on 85 octane unleaded.

could you explain this analogy for people who don't know anything about racing cars/ octane unleaded

 

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: Pabster
Ya sorry but running Wolfson to a 2.1 Klipsch set is like running a race car on 85 octane unleaded.

could you explain this analogy for people who don't know anything about racing cars/ octane unleaded

i think the analogy needs work....


fixed

running Wolfson to a 2.1 Klipsch set is like running a '79 dodge dart on premium fuel and using synthetic oil

Basically, it is a waste as the vehicle/speakers could never take advantage of such high-end addatives/signals

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: Gurck
*snickers*

On a serious note, try foobar. It even has a plugin to support ... *spits* ... ipods.

Its what I'm using. Foopod does work fine.

I do like iTune's filtering system, I'd love to find a similiar UI for foobar, as it is I use Columns UI which is really nice.

 

[mosco]

You don't have itunes "sound enhancer" on do you?

 

[0roo0roo]

can you tell with blind a b test? as said, the klipsch shouldn't be able to take advantage of the difference of supposed higher quality anyways sorta absurd. heck if u blind a b test a person with one signal slightly louder they will mostly think its higher quality

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: Pabster
Ya sorry but running Wolfson to a 2.1 Klipsch set is like running a race car on 85 octane unleaded.

could you explain this analogy for people who don't know anything about racing cars/ octane unleaded

It's like having an Dual Core A64 @ 2.8GHz, 4GB of ram, overclocked SLI 7800GTX, and a 2TB SCSI RAID array and playing nothing but solitaire on a 15" monitor in Windows 3.1.

That should be understandable, correct?

 

[aidanjm]

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: Pabster
Ya sorry but running Wolfson to a 2.1 Klipsch set is like running a race car on 85 octane unleaded.

could you explain this analogy for people who don't know anything about racing cars/ octane unleaded

It's like having an Dual Core A64 @ 2.8GHz, 4GB of ram, overclocked SLI 7800GTX, and a 2TB SCSI RAID array and playing nothing but solitaire on a 15" monitor in Windows 3.1.

That should be understandable, correct?

 

[beer]

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy

Originally posted by: aidanjm

Originally posted by: Pabster
Ya sorry but running Wolfson to a 2.1 Klipsch set is like running a race car on 85 octane unleaded.

could you explain this analogy for people who don't know anything about racing cars/ octane unleaded

It's like having an Dual Core A64 @ 2.8GHz, 4GB of ram, overclocked SLI 7800GTX, and a 2TB SCSI RAID array and playing nothing but solitaire on a 15" monitor in Windows 3.1.

That should be understandable, correct?

You guys make it sound like the Wolfson DACs are expensive, these analogies compare inexpensive setups to expensive setups. The sound card I got with the Wolfson DACs only cost about 30 bucks, so it just didn't make sense to not utilize it since that's still below the cost of even an SB Live!

 

[MrChad]

As I posted in your GH thread, make sure you disable any post-processing in iTunes (Sound Enhancer / Sound Check) and try playing with the mix between hardware and software volume levels.