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Best Sounding Computer Audio Player For PC


 I have been using Foobar2000 to play computer audio through my DAC. It is simple and straight forward. But I am wondering if there is a better sounding players out there. I tried JRiver and thought the sound was slightly better. But JRiver is designed for not only music but video and well as photos. There is a lot of overhead that I really don't need or want.

 So what other audio players have better sound than Foobar2000?
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lustformusic
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lostbears,

               The Dac8 is better via AES. I also use Foobar with the DSD plugin, then Fire Wire to a Weiss INT202 interface then AES to the Dac8 this provides me with bit perfect checking and remote volume control. The Dac8 runs direct to the power amps.

This arrangement bettered the USB connection, for me Fidelizer is next and maybe Dirac.

lustformusic
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Spencer, hard to pin down why, could be that Fire Wire is better than USB, or the USB interface in the Dac8 is inferior to the Weiss interface, maybe even the addition of a extra clocking between server and Dac . the volume control within the Weiss is better so far than the volume control within Foobar or the Bent Passive Volume control I tried or the volume control built in to my Vac power Amp. I also tried  all the above in combination with each other.

I haven't tried your microRendu , not sure it's available here, well worth looking into though.

I have assumed that once bit perfect with low latency was achieved there  was not much more could be achieved but I am open.

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