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Which one you prefer more between memory playback and direct buffering

Memory playback
- 5 (31.3%)
Direct buffering
- 1 (6.3%)
They sound the same to me
- 10 (62.5%)

Total Members Voted: 16


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Author Topic: Memory playback - does it matter to you?  (Read 1199 times)

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Memory playback - does it matter to you?
« on: November 07, 2012, 07:37:57 am »

Seems to be famous feature that all audiophile players should have. ;D
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Hendrik

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Re: Memory playback - does it matter to you?
« Reply #1 on: November 07, 2012, 07:51:33 am »

Where is the "its all bogus" option? :)
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Re: Memory playback - does it matter to you?
« Reply #2 on: November 07, 2012, 06:22:51 pm »

The last option (I'm trying to make it sound polite  ;)). I voted for direct buffering btw, memory playback reminds me of reclocking freak.
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Ancient_Audiophile

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Re: Memory playback - does it matter to you?
« Reply #3 on: November 07, 2012, 07:56:44 pm »

Where is the "its all bogus" option? :)
Nev - that option is not necessary when you come over to my house and listen to a track with it and without it. :D
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dtc

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Re: Memory playback - does it matter to you?
« Reply #4 on: November 07, 2012, 09:01:04 pm »

Play from memory in MC is a compromise put in more as a check off item rather than a major attempt to improve sound quality. I believe that Matt and Jim  do not believe that play from memory really improves sound, but put it in for people who thought they needed it. Please correct me if I am wrong on this.

MC play from memory only puts a single track into memory and if it is a compressed file it puts the compressed form (e.g. the FLAC file) in memory. Then, the decompression comes after it comes out of memory, which sort of defeats the play from memory theory of doing minimal disk and CPU activity. It reduces disk activity, but not CPU activity.

Personally, I use a system will little else running and cannot hear any difference when using play from memory in MC. If you want optimal sound quality, you should not be doing other things on the PC anyway.
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