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In Reply to: RE: Many people, who never faced this problem, don't realize.... posted by carcass93 on April 11, 2014 at 12:01:58
Media player documentation/ setup instructions advise that using large buffers can degrade SQ.
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I'd be curious as to which products come with such documentation.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
JRiver, Foobar2000 and JPLAY. I use all 3 of these players in various systems. Buffer size "warnings" are not just in the documentation but are also graphically reiterated during media player setup.
Of the three players, JRiver, Foobar2000 and JPLAY, the only one that I've installed is Foobar2000. I do not recall any warnings that too large a buffer size might impact sound quality . The documentation that I've seen says that too small a buffer size may cause stuttering, while too large a buffer size may make the user interface sluggish. I would be extremely surprised if the official documentation for Foobar2000 includes a mention that large buffer sizes might adversely affect sound quality since the purveyor follows the dogmatic religion that "bits are just bits". The official FAQ implies as much:
Does foobar2000 sound better than other players?
No. Most of “sound quality differences” people “hear” are placebo effect (at least with real music), as actual differences in produced sound data are below their noise floor (1 or 2 last bits in 16bit samples). foobar2000 has sound processing features such as software resampling or 24bit output on new high-end soundcards, but most of the other mainstream players are capable of doing the same by now.
I repeat my request for player documentation that describes how too large a buffer size may negatively affect sound quality .
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
See HA/Foobar 2000 Wiki:
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"High buffer sizes offer stronger protection against glitches but introduce side effects such as long delay between changing DSP settings (eg. adjusting equalizer bands) and changes in sound output."
"High buffer sizes offer stronger protection against glitches but introduce side effects such as long delay between changing DSP settings (eg. adjusting equalizer bands) and changes in sound output."
That comment relates to the time delay between changing the DSP settings and the change in what you hear. It does not refer to what you continue to hear after the time delay has passed.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
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Mine didn't say anything about sound quality but since I use my convertor to record as well as replay I obviously set it to the smallest buffer possible in order to keep latency to an absolute minimum.
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