these settings make jRiver sound very musical and enjoyable as compared to stock foobar. JRiver's 50 media center software is unique among all of the aforementioned solutions, in that it uses the same basic structure as Microsoft's stock Media Center software, but expands. With stock settings both sound same (to me) but in JRiver if you do the following:Ģ) DSP Studio>Effects>Environment>Recording Studioģ) DSP Studio>Effects>Environment>Virtual Subwoofer>6'(or whatever you like)Ĥ) DSP Studio>Effects>Environment>Surround Field>Maximum Enhancement (or whatever you like) It sometimes ends up playing video files are not playable even in VLC and this actually blew my mind! There are daily reviews of audio hardware and expert members to help answer your questions. Desire to learn and share knowledge of science required as is 20 years of participation in forums (not all true). It probably makes no difference in real world usage. WANTED: Happy members who like to discuss audio and other topics related to our interest. JRiver on the other hand is a very vast audio/video player with many features (I barely use any) but I like the fact that they have a 64 bit version and I could not find any audio 64 bit player. The current price is 49. Foobar I will say is second best as it is very light on resources/is very snappy if used without skins/tweaks. It should be noted that this write up is based on J River Media Center version 17. I have both installed but end up using jRiver more than foobar.

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