Look at this:
http://www.cicsmemoryplayer.com/index.php?n=Main.HomePage#cPlay
Very Very interesting
cMP/cPlay is a bit perfect Audiophile Flac/Wav/Cue Media Player
It strips down the operating system when running...
As normal and also in this case , the best is normally done by dedicated underground users........And its free
Some of its blurb:
"This site describes an open source audio construction project called the cics Memory Player (a name derived from its instigator?s nom de plume, cics). It describes how to build and configure a PC system costing around $1,000 (including a quality soundcard and case) that does not merely match but exceeds the performance of the very best CD transports.
The project evolved over 3 years and was tested at each stage by members of a PC audio Internet forum. It is now settled enough to justify publishing a site. Central to the project are two new freeware programs written by cics. The first is a replacement for the Windows XP shell (Explorer) called cMP which reduces system overheads (?bloat?) and configures Windows for optimal audio playback. Second is a music player called cPlay. Its place in an already crowded market is justified by a minimalist approach to quality reproduction, radical run-time OS configuration changes, RAM-based playback and integration with a 24-bit/192-kHz-capable upsampler with a signal-to-noise ratio of 145.68 db. (Audio DACs increasingly accept 24/192 data.)
Tests described below suggest that it is bit-perfect and capable of delivering signals with what is believed to be the unprecedently low jitter value of 51ps Jpp RSS.
Anyone used it or willing to test it?
You need an ASIO soundcard/external DAC
But it can run on any system using any crappy onboard or external soundcard using the great ASIO emulator ASIO4ALL
Love to hear what people think!
Disclaimer : May turn out to be hogwash!!
http://www.cicsmemoryplayer.com/index.php?n=Main.HomePage#cPlay
Very Very interesting
cMP/cPlay is a bit perfect Audiophile Flac/Wav/Cue Media Player
It strips down the operating system when running...
As normal and also in this case , the best is normally done by dedicated underground users........And its free
Some of its blurb:
"This site describes an open source audio construction project called the cics Memory Player (a name derived from its instigator?s nom de plume, cics). It describes how to build and configure a PC system costing around $1,000 (including a quality soundcard and case) that does not merely match but exceeds the performance of the very best CD transports.
The project evolved over 3 years and was tested at each stage by members of a PC audio Internet forum. It is now settled enough to justify publishing a site. Central to the project are two new freeware programs written by cics. The first is a replacement for the Windows XP shell (Explorer) called cMP which reduces system overheads (?bloat?) and configures Windows for optimal audio playback. Second is a music player called cPlay. Its place in an already crowded market is justified by a minimalist approach to quality reproduction, radical run-time OS configuration changes, RAM-based playback and integration with a 24-bit/192-kHz-capable upsampler with a signal-to-noise ratio of 145.68 db. (Audio DACs increasingly accept 24/192 data.)
Tests described below suggest that it is bit-perfect and capable of delivering signals with what is believed to be the unprecedently low jitter value of 51ps Jpp RSS.
Anyone used it or willing to test it?
You need an ASIO soundcard/external DAC
But it can run on any system using any crappy onboard or external soundcard using the great ASIO emulator ASIO4ALL
Love to hear what people think!
Disclaimer : May turn out to be hogwash!!
