POLL: Is it just me or does WMP sound better than Winamp?

[Lifer]

I've tried both on a few systems and WMP 9.0 sounds clearer and cleaner than Winamp 2.91 (also tried the older versions 2.81, etc... I'm staying away from 3.0)

turn up the volume on Winamp and you'll hear all kinds of cracking and hissing, but not with WMP.

sound cards include Live, Live 5.1, Audigy and onboard NForce2 sound.

 

[Spooner]

I haven't taken the plunge in getting WMP 9 yet.

I hate bloated media players

 

[mchammer187]

not really

I use QCD player though

looking forward to Itunes for Windows this fall

 

[neutralizer]

WMP9 is not that bloated, and I like their crossfader better.

 

[MercenaryForHire]

/has never heard crackling and hissing at cranked volumes with Winamp 2.91

Perhaps you just suck at listening.

- M4H

 

[TranSoft]

WMP has always been better with the sound quality than winamp...
the only thing cool about winamp is that it doesn't use up as much resources... i can listen to winamp while playing games and it is still smooth...but wmp just lags up the video...etc.

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
/has never heard crackling and hissing at cranked volumes with Winamp 2.91

Perhaps you just suck at listening.

- M4H

 

[Mucho]

Still use Winamp 2.81 have not found anything better yet.

 

[Radiohead]

Originally posted by: Mucho
Still use Winamp 2.81 have not found anything better yet.

 

[BigJ]

I use foobar myself

 

[Chumpman]

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
/has never heard crackling and hissing at cranked volumes with Winamp 2.91

Perhaps you just suck at listening.

- M4H

 

[isekii]

Originally posted by: BigJ
I use foobar myself

I use both. I think foobar sounds best followed by Winamp then WMP9

WMP9 is so overbloated tho and uses massive CPU.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: BigJ
I use foobar myself

same here

 

[ogmios]

Originally posted by: Mucho
Still use Winamp 2.81 have not found anything better yet.

Try Kerwon Jetaudio. Also freeware. I experienced noticeable difference.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Use the MAD plugin for Winamp, and you'll never want to listen to anything else. It's a higher precision MPEG codec that produces some fantastic sound quality.