I’ll still continue to use MM for its excellent file management tools but for playback I’m going to use JRMC. I think it’s superior to JRMC in almost every way, but not in the critical area of bit-perfect gapless playback. I have been using MM for years and I love the product. I want to say that I don’t make this change lightly. I’ve just begun using J River’s Media Center. So the bottom line is that I’m left with no choice but to use another product that has focused on this issue and provides the listening experience I need. It doesn’t help that there is little or no English language documentation for the plugin which might provide some much needed assistance. I have tried every tweak possible to fix this issue and nothing has worked. I know that my experience is not unique as I have read many posts complaining of the same problem. Those dropouts that occur as tracks transition into each other are incredibly annoying from a listening experience perspective and take you right out of the moment. Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here are good examples. This is particularly noticeable when playing a complete album, especially those albums where tracks blend into each other. The result is that there is a very audible dropout between tracks. The biggest problem is that the gapless playback option offered by the ASIO plugin doesn’t work. This is a shame because I really believe that an application that is developed and marketed primarily as a music player and music management tool should have this functionality built in and supported. This plugin is a third party plugin and therefore not supported by MM. I use the ASIO plugin because it’s the only one supported by my computer interface device which directs music files from my PC to my external DAC. As much as I love MM I’m sorry to say that it doesn’t measure up in this particular area. In addition I have invested a great deal of money in my audio equipment so highest quality bit-perfect playback is absolutely crucial for me. I know that many users only play MP3 files and that’s fine but I have all my 50,000+ files in FLAC format and many of those are hi-res (96K, 192K, etc.). My number one wish list item for Media Monkey is to improve the quality of bit-perfect playback.
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