by Mahavish » Sun Feb 22, 2009 7:05 pm
dypsis wrote:Nebbin wrote:dypsis wrote:I regard it higher than that mate.
I have always loved the crisp sound of this player.
Auto prune is a great feature also. But I know MM has a similar feature.
"Crisp sound"? What does Quintessential Media Player user for its Audio Output Plugin (is it better than MM's)? I understand if you use the QMP Asio plugin with offboard resampling in a high end audio card, but that's what I do with MM anyway.
Well, I think the Input Plug-ins (decoders) have more effect on sound quality.
The default Input Plug-in for QMP is Quinnware MP3, but you can also install BASS Sound System by Un4seen Developments which is highly regarded amongst audiophiles.
The default Output Plug-in is Quinnware DirectSound.
Sorry, but its not fully right. All players sounds same in basic! Its only placebo. Yes you can install others mp3 decoders like mad,123mp3 or bass, but QMP and MM3 sounds equally(MM3 can use MAD,123mp3 and ASIO too). Here are only few differents with playback plugins, but nothing special about quality. QMP use Wave Out output in basic, MM3 use direcsound. Wave out is little bit more buggy on onboard soundcards(but yes you can use wave out in MM3 too and Direct sound in QMP too). I see only one benefit for QMP and this is Skin plugin engine.But MM3 has outstanding media library and tags edit system, QMP not. I tried many players like WMP11,Foobar,Winamp,QMP,MM3,XMplay,Vuplayer,Aimp2,Quuxplayer,Musicbee,Songbird,MusicCube and others. All sounds same in basic without external plugins. Sorry for my bad english and regards.
[quote="dypsis"][quote="Nebbin"][quote="dypsis"]I regard it higher than that mate.
I have always loved the crisp sound of this player.
Auto prune is a great feature also. But I know MM has a similar feature.[/quote]
"Crisp sound"? What does Quintessential Media Player user for its Audio Output Plugin (is it better than MM's)? I understand if you use the QMP Asio plugin with offboard resampling in a high end audio card, but that's what I do with MM anyway.[/quote]
Well, I think the Input Plug-ins (decoders) have more effect on sound quality.
The default Input Plug-in for QMP is Quinnware MP3, but you can also install BASS Sound System by Un4seen Developments which is highly regarded amongst audiophiles.
The default Output Plug-in is Quinnware DirectSound.[/quote]
Sorry, but its not fully right. All players sounds same in basic! Its only placebo. Yes you can install others mp3 decoders like mad,123mp3 or bass, but QMP and MM3 sounds equally(MM3 can use MAD,123mp3 and ASIO too). Here are only few differents with playback plugins, but nothing special about quality. QMP use Wave Out output in basic, MM3 use direcsound. Wave out is little bit more buggy on onboard soundcards(but yes you can use wave out in MM3 too and Direct sound in QMP too). I see only one benefit for QMP and this is Skin plugin engine.But MM3 has outstanding media library and tags edit system, QMP not. I tried many players like WMP11,Foobar,Winamp,QMP,MM3,XMplay,Vuplayer,Aimp2,Quuxplayer,Musicbee,Songbird,MusicCube and others. All sounds same in basic without external plugins. Sorry for my bad english and regards.