This is the BEST Audio I've ever heard from a computer. Period... well at least for this moment.
Now, it's not the easiest to get set up and there are some tweaks, but so far, it has (out of the box) impressed me more than any other OS to date. Starting off without any tweaks to it, just installing the drivers for my Musical Fidelity V-Link 192 and putting my copy of Foobar2000 on... it's already to the level I've gotten my Windows 7 machine and any of the Mac OS players I've heard.
Has anyone tried this....?!!? My only problem is I have a Latency issue with the NIC on the computer that I'm using (which is an Nvidia 430 nForce 6150se chipset machine -- ie. OLD). So I have to keep Foobar2000 minimized while playing and it's fine, but browsing through it and it skips like crazy. Annoying, but it's got me thinking about my next PC which will work perfectly in a HTPC case.
I'm also talking with "AudioPhil" over at Highend-AudioPC about getting his optimizer for windows 2012 (allows you to run completely in Core mode) and use J-River or Foobar2000 in a completely minimal setting. Only issue I have at the moment and am trying to work him, is I'd like to demo before I purchase his optimizer which strips and prioritizes things.... It sounds very promising and lots of people are saying it's the best they've ever heard computer audio period.
If you're interested in trying it, I'd recommend the 180 day trial and grab a HD and throw it on and see what you think!
Now, it's not the easiest to get set up and there are some tweaks, but so far, it has (out of the box) impressed me more than any other OS to date. Starting off without any tweaks to it, just installing the drivers for my Musical Fidelity V-Link 192 and putting my copy of Foobar2000 on... it's already to the level I've gotten my Windows 7 machine and any of the Mac OS players I've heard.
Has anyone tried this....?!!? My only problem is I have a Latency issue with the NIC on the computer that I'm using (which is an Nvidia 430 nForce 6150se chipset machine -- ie. OLD). So I have to keep Foobar2000 minimized while playing and it's fine, but browsing through it and it skips like crazy. Annoying, but it's got me thinking about my next PC which will work perfectly in a HTPC case.
I'm also talking with "AudioPhil" over at Highend-AudioPC about getting his optimizer for windows 2012 (allows you to run completely in Core mode) and use J-River or Foobar2000 in a completely minimal setting. Only issue I have at the moment and am trying to work him, is I'd like to demo before I purchase his optimizer which strips and prioritizes things.... It sounds very promising and lots of people are saying it's the best they've ever heard computer audio period.
If you're interested in trying it, I'd recommend the 180 day trial and grab a HD and throw it on and see what you think!
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