does music sound better under w7?

Hi

i dd a test on a laptop
same drivers version , same laptop , same player foobar
1) partition w7
2) partition xp

i did notice that music sounds better even the drivers and the hardware is the same

is it true?

thanks

 

I have a "better" audio card, on different machines and both using xp or win7, I have noticed no difference at all. Even 64bit drivers haven't effected audio quality for me. I would suspect drivers though if you think you hear a difference.

Sul.

 

but in the w7 control panel ,audio ->there are options not avaible in xp
in w7 i can select 24bit and higher then 44


thanks Sul

 

there's no reason why sound should be better on Win 7.

if the settings are the same, the sound should be the same.

 

The audio subsystem of Windows Vista/7 is superior to Windows XP's but the difference is very small. The chances of you hearing a difference on a laptop are zero. In other words: you are a victim of the placebo effect. Not to worry, it's a very common occurance in audio.

 

Sometimes, with onboard audio, drivers "pre-equalize" the output to an extent. If the parameters are different for Windows XP and 7, you may hear a difference. However, I have rarely seen this happen on modern computers.

 

Must be driver version. My card and its driver have many settings like that. The options existed in XP and win7. Maybe you can hear a difference if you have more options now than you used to, but I would not consider it an OS related thing. More like the manufacturer was lazy when they developed for XP.

Sul.