ITunes sound improvement

I like iTunes for its great sortng features but I don't like how it sounds. I believe that Aimp player sounds the best of any player I've used. Who I can address that could help me to make iTunes sound as perfect as Aimp player ?

yes. I have compared them. I don't know which sound engine Aimp uses but it is really great. I wish itunes sound that sweet.
Thanks for the link. I've sent my feedback. Hope it will work.
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John_Neumann wrote:
Thanks for the replies, Wolf and Sanjampet.
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* purposefully ignoring the question of musical fidelity, some believe compression is bad, others believe digital is bad. Not this thread.

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