amarok audio quality question

[Nathaniel Hewitt]

Start using pulseaudio ( http://pulseaudio.org ), with high quality 
resampling, and it'll sound _better_ than Windows. ESD & artsd are junk, 
IMHO. The other suggestions made here already are good ones (lower your 
PCM volume, buy a better card, etc).

BTW, this card is great (if you're willing to pay for it): 
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Audiophile2496-main.html

Gert Renckens wrote:
> So now my question to the amarok team is: what could be the problem why my 
> music doesn't sound like on the windows operating system?  Could it be 
> because linux uses open source audio drivers instead of drivers made by the 
> company that made my on-board audio chip or is there something I can do to 
> increase the audio quality?
> I use ALSA and I have an on-board audio chip (realtek). I also use the 
> latest amarok package for my linux distribution, openSUSE 10.2.
>   
 
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Nathaniel Hewitt <nhewitt at gmail.com>