This open-source playback software MQN is really something that should be heard. http://mqnplayer.blogspot.co.uk/
It's in development at the moment so don't expect a GUI but it sounds stunning! Have a go & report your impressions
Create a folder c:\musicplayer. Download these files into it
- MQN.bat
- Paste.exe
- MQNcontrol.exe
And download the latest version of the MQN program & rename it to MQNplay.exe
To play a WAV file (16/44) copy it & run MQN.bat
Extract:
Oh, yes, btw, it's bit-perfect.
Let the bits-are-bits games begin
It's in development at the moment so don't expect a GUI but it sounds stunning! Have a go & report your impressions
Create a folder c:\musicplayer. Download these files into it
- MQN.bat
- Paste.exe
- MQNcontrol.exe
And download the latest version of the MQN program & rename it to MQNplay.exe
To play a WAV file (16/44) copy it & run MQN.bat
Extract:
MQn - Just good music is a minimalist WASAPI Wav memory player that is stripped back as far as possible to reduce noise.
Innovations are optimised render loop, page aligned memory, optimised memcpy, Visual Studio 2013 preview compile using the latest optimisation techniques, auto vectorisation, profile guided optimisation, use of Intel C++ libraries during build, each setting has been tested to ensure best sound quality, fixed period sizes to align with memory page size, each sample rate/bit depth combination has it's own render loop, use of goto in loop rather than for/while, static libraries, single core compile etc.
MQn is the only player that uses a separate control.exe which communicates with the player exe in a unique way such that the player is totally standalone and dedicated to rendering the music.
example render loop for 16/44 shown at bottom of this file.
requirements are x64 Intel cpu with x64 win 7 or x64 win 8 and as much ram as you need to load the music you are about to play.
It plays 16 bit 44/48 in 16 bit containers and 24 bit 44/48/88/96/176/192 in 32 bit containers.
Oh, yes, btw, it's bit-perfect.
Let the bits-are-bits games begin