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    iTunes features

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by taelrak, Jan 29, 2008.

  1. taelrak

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    Was going to post this in the Windows forum, but then I figured why would any audiophiles in their right minds use iTunes in Windows...? :p

    So Sound Enhancer, Crossfade, Soundcheck. Which do you keep on, why, and do you find each of them worth the drawbacks (e.g. distortion, etc.)?
     
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  2. Xander

    Xander Paranoid Android

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    Just checked to be sure. I have both Sound Check and Sound Enhancer enabled. No real explanation. : ]
     
    Xander, Jan 29, 2008
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    Modly Warranty Voider

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    I dislike the cross-fade, but I've also got a ton of songs that will blend directly into each other as well, so that might be why. It screws up that blend.

    I have no reason to use Sound Check at home, but I wish I had it in my car... ack! If only Alpine could implement that with the iPod adapter.

    I have no idea what Sound Enhancer does, but it was on when I checked. Maybe it knows I listen to death metal, and distortion is plentiful?
     
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  4. system_159

    system_159 Notebook Deity

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    Why would any audiophiles use iTunes in general?

    Honestly, iTunes murders half of my music collection(the half that is .mp3), the other half is .ogg and the Xiph plugin doesn't work well enough to warrant me using iTunes.

    Cog, is my music player of choice. When on the go I have a Cowon D2. Now that's quality.
     
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  5. taelrak

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    Never tried Cog before. How good is it? How's the sound quality?

    And how does it organize your file library or would I have to go in and manually rearrange my music library that itunes took the liberty of organizing by itself? :p
     
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  6. system_159

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    You have the option of dragging in individual files/folders or you can have it point to a folder somewhere and it will reference that, and auto update.

    Sound quality is superb. It is in beta, so there's a few bugs but also updates very often.
     
    system_159, Jan 29, 2008
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  7. Stunner

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    I used to use iTunes but moved to Media Monkey. It is much better, a lot more plug-ins and does not restrict your music, also doesnt even use as much resources as iTunes. You can use it to sync to your iPod as well. Check it out!
     
    Stunner, Jan 30, 2008
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    Media Monkey is Windows only.
     
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    Stunner Notebook Deity

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    Really? Are you serious? That is so lame! Sorry didn't know :eek: They need to make a mac version...
     
    Stunner, Jan 30, 2008
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  10. macdo

    macdo Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have sound check enabled
     
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  11. Raymond Luxury-Yacht

    Raymond Luxury-Yacht Notebook Consultant

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    In addition, since the last release, Cog reads Cue files.
     
    Raymond Luxury-Yacht, Jan 30, 2008
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  12. Eallan

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    I'd just like to say that i'm blown away with how much better iTunes is under OSX compared with Windows. It's just no contest.
     
    Eallan, Jan 31, 2008
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