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Title: Simply playback question
Post by: BenAlex on April 27, 2012, 11:25:13 am

If I set two different softwares, say J River and Foobar2000, to wasapi and the same bit depth with no additional processing they'll produce exactly the same result - right? I'm only just opened my eyes to thinking about the quality of digital audio, so I'm still wrapping my head around it.

Title: Re: Simply playback question
Post by: JimH on April 27, 2012, 11:38:20 am

All other things being equal, yes.

In MC, use "WASAPI Event Style".  I believe foobar calls it just "WASAPI".

Title: Re: Simply playback question
Post by: Matt on April 27, 2012, 12:37:40 pm

I think Foobar only does push-style WASAPI (please correct me if I'm wrong).

WASAPI Event style is better when it's supported (for reasons other than sound quality).  More here:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/WASAPI

And more about the broader topic of output modes:
http://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Audio_Output_Modes