Thread dedicated to maximizing audio quality on Linux, particularly 2 channel music, but also sound quality issues in general, stereo or multichannel.
To get started here are some useful and relevant links-
Recommended players:
Audacious http://audacious-media-player.org/
Music Player Daemon (mpd) https://launchpad.net/~gmpc-trunk/+archive/mpd-trunk?field.series_filter=raring
Gnome Music Player (GMPC) (GUI for mpd) https://launchpad.net/~gmpc-trunk/+archive/gmpc-stable
mplayer2 http://www.mplayer2.org/
DeaDBeef http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/
Gmusicbrowser https://launchpad.net/~shimmerproject/+archive/ppa
Guayadeque http://sourceforge.net/projects/guayadeque/
Quod Libet https://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/
J River for Linux http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=44.0
Recommended players for audiophile use must at minimum support bit perfect audio playback/output from the Linux PC, plus support gapless playback.
GMPC Installation/review
http://www.webupd8.org/2009/11/gnome-music-player-client-gmpc-mpd-just.html
MPD installation/review
http://www.webupd8.org/2009/10/mpd-sonata-powerful-audio-player-for.html
Lots more front ends/GUI's/remote clients and remote control apps for MPD
http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Clients
Linux music player apps and settings to achieve bit perfect output discussion
http://www.head-fi.org/t/561961/bit-perfect-audio-from-linux
Other computer audio related sites:
Well Tempered Computer
http://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/
Computer Audiophile
http://www.computeraudiophile.com/
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/
http://www.head-fi.org/f/46/computer-audio
To get started here are some useful and relevant links-
Recommended players:
Audacious http://audacious-media-player.org/
Music Player Daemon (mpd) https://launchpad.net/~gmpc-trunk/+archive/mpd-trunk?field.series_filter=raring
Gnome Music Player (GMPC) (GUI for mpd) https://launchpad.net/~gmpc-trunk/+archive/gmpc-stable
mplayer2 http://www.mplayer2.org/
DeaDBeef http://deadbeef.sourceforge.net/
Gmusicbrowser https://launchpad.net/~shimmerproject/+archive/ppa
Guayadeque http://sourceforge.net/projects/guayadeque/
Quod Libet https://code.google.com/p/quodlibet/
J River for Linux http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?board=44.0
Recommended players for audiophile use must at minimum support bit perfect audio playback/output from the Linux PC, plus support gapless playback.
GMPC Installation/review
http://www.webupd8.org/2009/11/gnome-music-player-client-gmpc-mpd-just.html
MPD installation/review
http://www.webupd8.org/2009/10/mpd-sonata-powerful-audio-player-for.html
Lots more front ends/GUI's/remote clients and remote control apps for MPD
http://mpd.wikia.com/wiki/Clients
Linux music player apps and settings to achieve bit perfect output discussion
http://www.head-fi.org/t/561961/bit-perfect-audio-from-linux
Other computer audio related sites:
Well Tempered Computer
http://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/
Computer Audiophile
http://www.computeraudiophile.com/
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/
http://www.head-fi.org/f/46/computer-audio