I spent a few months optimising some PCs for audio use, trying out various players, including Cics Music Player. For each of XP, Vista and 7 it was beneficial to turn a lot of the services off. It was also beneficial to eliminate moving parts from the PC, not just because of mechanical noise but also electrical noise. Where I got to at the end of that was a preference for 7 over the other two. For streaming audio it seems to me to have the best of what XP and Vista have to offer. I am basing this just on listening tests and it is predicated on the configuration and player software I used.
Windows 7 for Audio or Video, yes - No?
I've not seen explicit info regarding Windows audio performance capabilities with regard to music being .improved by stepping up to Windows 7.
Is there any experience here which says Windows 7 is superior to either Vista or XP now in terms of the above context?
All I've seen are notes on Remote Desktop, and network sharing of resources being made easier. Not much on latency, speed, quality, etc... and much of that as it pertains to WMP software.
Thanks much.
Is there any experience here which says Windows 7 is superior to either Vista or XP now in terms of the above context?
All I've seen are notes on Remote Desktop, and network sharing of resources being made easier. Not much on latency, speed, quality, etc... and much of that as it pertains to WMP software.
Thanks much.