Pls suggest,how to use Windows 7 to get Audiophile quality sound.

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Hello Guys,

Thank's for looking,recently addicted to hear music in quality sound.Spend quite lot of money,buying a DAC,and Great music system too.

I have heared we can make some changes in windows7 to get the Audio quality best.I have J River media player.

Any idea's and suggestion most welcome,i am sure your advise will help like minded people too.:p
 

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schwarzennegger said:
Hello Guys,

Thank's for looking,recently addicted to hear music in quality sound.Spend quite lot of money,buying a DAC,and Great music system too.

I have heared we can make some changes in windows7 to get the Audio quality best.I have J River media player.

Any idea's and suggestion most welcome,i am sure your advise will help like minded people too.:p
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Hi and welcome to the 7 forums.
What kind of sound card do you have? Audiophiles would generally have a dedicated soundcard feeding an expensive amp with really good speakers.
One thing you could check is to go to the control panel and click on sound, select speakers and properties. On the advanced tab check (if your hardware supports it) you are set to 24 bit audio and studio quality.
You would also need to rip your music cd's in FLAC (free lossless audio codec) which retains the original glory of the music. Playing this back through a good sound card to a hi fi system sounds every bit as good as the original but is more convenient. Good sound cards costing over $100 will also make MP3 files sound better. Garbage in garbage out, the better the source material the better the output will be. Do a search in goggle for FLAC there you will find codecs to add to Windows Media player. Players like Winamp have FLAC support built in.:D
 

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Indianatone said:
schwarzennegger said:
Hello Guys,

Thank's for looking,recently addicted to hear music in quality sound.Spend quite lot of money,buying a DAC,and Great music system too.

I have heared we can make some changes in windows7 to get the Audio quality best.I have J River media player.

Any idea's and suggestion most welcome,i am sure your advise will help like minded people too.:p
Click to expand...
Hi and welcome to the 7 forums.
What kind of sound card do you have? Audiophiles would generally have a dedicated soundcard feeding an expensive amp with really good speakers.
One thing you could check is to go to the control panel and click on sound, select speakers and properties. On the advanced tab check (if your hardware supports it) you are set to 24 bit audio and studio quality.
You would also need to rip your music cd's in FLAC (free lossless audio codec) which retains the original glory of the music. Playing this back through a good sound card to a hi fi system sounds every bit as good as the original but is more convenient. Good sound cards costing over $100 will also make MP3 files sound better. Garbage in garbage out, the better the source material the better the output will be. Do a search in goggle for FLAC there you will find codecs to add to Windows Media player. Players like Winamp have FLAC support built in.:D
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Thank you for your response, yes i using some FLAC files and mp3 tooo.J River media player supports FLAC files too.pls speck my system spec. its having s-pdif out put too,i think i have THX true studio and realtalk HD audio ,don't now which one refers to sound card.
I am using Digital analogue converter (Musical fidelity-dac) and high quality cables,and my sytem is Pioneer Lx-01 Dvd.
 

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windows 7 ultimate x642nd gen intel i716gbnvidia 560m
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Asus G74sx-91234z
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Memory
16gb
Graphics Card(s)
nvidia 560m
Monitor(s) Displays
full hd
Hard Drives
2x 750gb
Try this page as a reference starter point

Audio Codec Comparison Table | Hardware Secrets

The last codec on list ALC898 is pretty close to my old asus Xonar D1 soundcard codec sound output :confused:

I don't even bother using the sound card any more cos over hdmi/digital cable the ALC892@192khz (on both motherboards) sounds great in headphones and pumped thru media amp into surround spkrs.
 

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If you are using external DAC then the audio signals (SPDIF) coming out of the computer is irrelevant as the digital signal is being processed externally. Just make sure that the audio bit rate on the computer is set to the higest quality the external DAC supports.
Exactly what do you need to adjust as really your system is obviously of a very high quality?
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Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Bluethunder II
OS
Windows 7 x64 Ultimate and numerous virtual machines
CPU
AMD FX-8350 Vishera 32nm Technology @ 4.2 GHz default
Motherboard
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 (Socket 942)
Memory
G Skill 32.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 1204MHz (11-13-13-31)
Graphics Card(s)
EVGA GeForce GTX 960 4GB Super SC ACX 2.0+ with Back Plate
Sound Card
Creative X-Fi Titanium HD Audiophile PCIe
Monitor(s) Displays
LG L227WTG x 3
Screen Resolution
1680 x 1050 16:10
Hard Drives
238GB Samsung850 PRO SATA Disk Device (SSD)
1863GB Seagate ST2000DM 001-1CH164 (SATA)
1397GB Seagate ST1500DL 003-9VT16L(SATA)
466GB Western Digital WDC WD50 03AZEX-00K1GA0 (SATA) x 2
932GB Seagate ST310005 28AS SATA Disk Device (SATA)
PSU
Enermax Revolution87+ 1000 Watts Gold Certified Power Supply
Case
Rocketfish Full Tower
Cooling
Cooler Master Hyper 212 EVO Push Pull 120mm Fans
Keyboard
Logitech K740
Mouse
Logitech G100S Laser LED + Logitech Gamepad F310
Internet Speed
500 mbs down and 30mbs up
Antivirus
Malwarebytes Pro & Avast and MSE on certain Virtual Machines
Browser
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Other Info
Logitech X 230 2.1 Stereo System and 5.1 Yamaha RX V2090
B&W DM6 Monitor Speakers + Center and Surround Speakers
Using Mouse Without Borders (Google it)
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