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Support - (fb2k) / Foobar2000 v2.* playback sound quality lower than v1.X
Last post by Globares -Right now I'm comparing versions 1.6.16 and 2.1.4, but in the past I downloaded one of the early versions of Foobar2000 2.X for evaluation and the noticed the same problem.
I've checked both 32 and 64 bit versions of f2k 2.X. Both play worse than v1.6.
Problem is easily hearable while using the ASIO drivers (and plugin), for "standard" drivers v1.6 probably still keeps an edge, but I'm not really sure about it, since general sound quality with non-ASIO drivers is lower, what makes comparison more difficult, anyway I'd rather blame the f2k 2.X core than the asio plugin.
All tests were done using Windows 20, 64 bit. I used 2 DACs with their prioriatary ASIO drivers, The results were consistent.
The most noticeable difference is the soundstage degradation, so jitter would be my primary suspect.
I'd be grateful for a fix, since only v2.X is available in 64 bits, what is required for PGGB-RT plugin, and PGGB-RT upsampling is really good.