Recent content by Robbob

Hi, I have been using MusicBee without any problems for best part of a year. Now, possibly since a major Windows 10 update, certain keyboard and mouse actions are breifly interupting the music, which never happened before. I can't find any settings within MusicBee to adjust, and don't really...

I just thought I would post this, for any other newbies like me just starting out in the world of PC music players. From advice on this forum, I started with Foobar. This may well be the best music player out there, for people who know what they are doing, and have the time and patience to set...

It has just occured to me why the sound from my pc sound card, sounds so different to my Technics cd player. The Technics cd players of that period had something called M.A.S.H, which I think stands for "multi stage sound shaping", and which made them sound quite different to other players, and...

Ok, I am playing Thin Lizzy in Foobar through hifi, with ASAPI, and it definitely sounds better than it did. My wife and stepdaughter both prefer the sound to my cd player, but I am not totally convinced. It sounds clearer and brighter, a bit more clinical than my cd player. I will set it up...

Sorry, been away for a while. I haven't tried Foobar, because I was put off by a review, which stated it wasn't a good option for beginers. I don't want anything too complicated, particularly as I don't really know what I am doing. What about Music Bee or Media Monkey, which sound more user...

No, I am still using Windows Media Player. The choice of player doesn't affect the sound quality surely? It's a Technics CD player, about 10 years old! It's not just a case of preferring the sound of my CD player, it just sounds gutless by comparison. I have pretty much decided to go the...

Audioengine D1 was my first choice, until I discovered the Denon. Although the Audioengine does get good reviews, it also has a few negative ones. The Denon seems to get better reviews, and seems like a good buy at £169.

Any comments on the Denon DA-300USB?

Ok, So I have tried connecting the soundcard to my hifi amp again, this time connecting directly on to the sound card, as opposed to front panel audio. Same result. With everything neutral sound is really thin, compared to my cd player. I have played around with all the settings to no avail. It...

Having connected my PCs sound card to my Technics amp, and been very disappointed, I am now considering going down the DAC route. I am looking for a desktop USB DAC, under £200 with RCA output and a headphone socket. Something that would give comparable sound to something like an Asus Xonar...

I have spent quite a bit of time today, reading up on sound cards, (don't tell my boss ) and I am starting to think maybe I got the wrong sound card, and the Xonar DX is never going to sound that good. It seems like the go to card for music is the Xonar Essence ST/STX. Might have to start...

Good point, I did wonder if that could be the case, but discounted it. I'll make sure I connect to the sound card next time!

Yeah, that crossed my mind, however all the different settings in the Asus Xonar control panel still seemd to have an effect.

Just a thought. I haven't had a great deal of time to play around with this, since my last post, but I was just wondering. When I connected the PC to my Technics amp, as it was only a trial, to avoid too much hassle, I used the front panel audio jack socket rather than the rear socket. I set...