Better overall is a matter of oppinion in these things. <br /> <br />Winamp is well designed to do what it aims for (though not without flaws), and so is foobar. Foobar does a LOT less than winamp though, but that naturally means it will use less resources. <br /> <br />For strickly music, they both play it. <br />For resources, they are both easy on them, but foobar probly wins. <br />For functionality, both have a lot of options, heck winamp can even play movies. <br /> <br />For looks, it depends on what you like and use. <br />If you want to see nothing, both have try things. <br />If you want native skinning, winamp wins. <br />If you want something that matches, you should be able to find a winamp skin, but foobar uses windows colors (and a window skinner should handle it too). <br /> <br />Lastly, if you are using LiteStep, then winamp is practically integrated into almost every theme since most of them have winamp control and displays. That´s why I switched from sonique to winamp. Foobar can be configured to have controls, but not displays (yet). Winamp wins this one.
well, since I posted this, I have found the sound quality 1-3x better clarity over all. <br />skins are a pain in the ass. Thats as far as I have gotton so far. Yes of course winamp will be implamented in most components then foobar, as its been around forever. The limitations with foobar appear to be many. Unfortunately. <br />But the sound, if thats what you are after, is superior.
I use Winamp 2 with DFX and find the combination to be superior to anything else I have tried..... :D <br />Just my preferance of course.... :)
Umtimately, both merely are fancy jukebox programs.
i dont understand that comment.
Well, ya know what a jukebox is right? Wait.. I think I spelled that wrong. Let me know if ya know what I mean. ^.^;
Translation: both WinAmp and foobar are fine apps, so whatever floats your boat is fine with me (´me´ being red here).
Music is always over the looks of the player, to me at least, I donĀ“t mind about skins any longer, I stand WinAmp2, canĀ“t stand WinAmp3, I downloaded FooBar, sounds pretty good, but canĀ“t see some controls I like for playlists. Aside that, I would prefer foobar, those using WindowBlinds can find it takes those skins and looks quite decent. In the end, I repeat, itĀ“s music that matters, and just to finish, I always find that the best way to listen to pc music is to turn the volume up without any other eq or similar effect, sound engineers have already made a hell of a job!
try winamp 5 <br />better then both 2 and 3 <br />i got rid of foobar, too much time trying to tweak it rather then listining to it.
/me tweaks while listening.
/me only needs a lil preset base or techno eq >:}
