Kick drums linger longer, but not in a bloated sense.

Toms especially have more 'snap' to them. On 7 it certainly pans from center to right and back to center with some semblance of depth, but in 2012 it sounds like a huge semicircle. I get a much better sense of space on the drumfill on 12. I can hear fingers sliding on the guitar just after a 'solo' more clearly on 2012. I was using a redbook FLAC of Rush - Vital Signs as it brings vocals, a good bass guitar, and a great drum fill to the party. It boggles my mind, I tend to be quite cynical about something so seemingly silly as an OS impacting the sound, but I can't deny what I'm hearing. I spent a good bit of last night switching between WR2 and while I did figure out that ASIO4ALL is really responsible for a lot of the uptick in SQ I'm hearing, W7 is still better at micro details and imaging. We'll see, either way not a huge deal considering the level of improvement I'm hearing over the past three nights for $180.Īnd I have listened - a lot. At the same time, it occurred to me I need to do some 2012R2 testing for software we use at work and may be able to parlay that into an instance here at home.

I found a license key (a legit one) on eBay for $180. Give it a shot if you have the opportunity For now, just using Server2012, JRiver, and ASIO, I am really happy. My ultimate goal is to use Audiophile Optimizer in 'minimal' mode, then just control the playback and surf the Internet with my iPad.

Server 2012 is just very good at music reproduction. Same as I've never been able to compare a Porsche to a Ferrari, I just haven't had the opportunity So, anyway, I was dubious as to any differences, but hopeful and even anxious to try. Then, I've never been exposed to different transports in great systems, so that's just a matter of opportunity. I will admit - I'm not one who's heard differences between CD transports, or anything like that. I was *really* digging my W7 setup but as with so many things audio, for one there's a difference between 'different sounding' and 'better sounding' and 'you don't know what you're missing until you've tried something else.'

Anyone else made the switch? I am honestly blown away at the difference. So I decided to take my current setup and dual-boot to Server 2012 R2 (formerly using Windows 7 Ultimate).

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