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Winamp 5.623
on 24 December 2011, reviewed by: adrian

confirming that there is a general problem with winamp not closing properly; application need to be killed in task manager; tried removing plugins, having clean install with only basic components to play music but still it doesn't work right. more and more problems... disappointing!

( 8 people like it)

Winamp 5.622
on 27 October 2011, reviewed by: sixor

# 42

winamp is awesome since ancient times, too bad it is very bloated and full of crap this days, you need like 2 minutes unticking all the crap from setup,

after that you need to config a litthe, disable internet, but in the end the player is great

it was epic in the 2.xx era,

( 2 people like it)

Winamp 5.61.3133
on 04 April 2011, reviewed by: Valkyr

# 41

Winamp is the best - if you install it properly it is not bloatware.

Use it with enhancer 0.17 plugin - it is an old plugin but once you install it, it changes all your mp3s to pure sound bliss. windows 7 needs an enhancer wrapper - google it - not big only kb.

been using winamp+enhancer and never change - dont even bother about foobar or other -you can't match the combination

( 7 people like it)

Winamp 5.61.3133
on 02 April 2011, reviewed by: Dwight

# 40

By far the best player/ free converter @24/32bit 192khz! Offers reference quality playback @ 64 bit floating point calculation/ 225db dynamic range with Power FX2 paid plugin (need a robust i series CPU)! I play it over HDMI on my Home Theater to enjoy excellent stereo imaging and high fidelity.

I have compared it with Window media 12, Spider, Nero Mulrimedia Hub 10 etc and found that Winamp 5.62 wins hands down.

Free version does not allow ripping to mp3, high bit HE ACC etc. However, you get free ripping into 320bit LC AAC, 128bit HE AAC, VBR/CBR WMA Pro, FLAC etc

Winamp has loads of customisation/settings right up to the plugin levels and hence make it a audiophile grade player.

( 6 people like it)

Winamp 5.57.2943
on 18 June 2010, reviewed by: Spike

# 39

Slow and full of stupid plugins. I liked the 2.xxx but now only Foobar.

Winamp 5.572.2830
on 26 April 2010, reviewed by: Angelitosman1GWEN

# 38

vous etes les meilleurs du mondes et merci et longue vie a winamp

( 2 people like it)

Winamp 5.541.2165
on 01 December 2008, reviewed by: Jazzy Jay

# 37

" reminds me of v3.0 , except this 5.2 is the worst yet, also be warned the Shoutcast browser and online sections track everything you do by way of Omniture WebBugs and a unique ID assigned to your machine.
tread with extreme caution or stick with v5.13 "

I have used winamp for a long time i liked it due to the fact i found it responsive and non intrusive. Not anymore it is the total opposite of what it once was its total Bloatware even bordering on Spyware with the gracenote and web tracking feature etc.

For e.g i run it on my Main rig X48-DS4 MOBO Q6700 @ 2.66GHz 2 x ATi 4850 in crossfire 4 GB DDR2 2 x 500GB Seagate F1 HD's XP SP3 DX9.0c the system is far from slow yet when i run winamp 5.3 and up it wont respond when i want to close it even if their is nothing else running task manager shows Winamp consuming 48+ MB RAM and the CPU usage is so tied up i cant even bring up task manager and have to wait for about 20-40 seconds, I couldnt even open a web browser to disconnect my net connection or a folder on PC whilst "Slugamp" decided it wanted to do something without me knowing and then hoggin all my CPU time or cycles whilst it done its spying crap i guess, reason i say this is as soon as i checked my routers logs to see what IP adress' were contacted from winamp i found 90% of the IP's and traffic on my router being from winamp!

So now i have to discnnect my LAN / CAT5 cable physically and only then do i get my PC back from winamp unless i want to wait 40 seconds sometimes more and if its not just waiting it will just not respond at all cant even acess it in task manager like wtf is wrong with this application really have made this application from great to bloated crapware imo and i am saddened that i bought the PRO version thinking that would cure my problems with not responding and calling the net but no it was the same!

Its gone the way NERO has gone and ppl can say what they will about it but facts are facts i know plenty of old school WinAmp users who are fed up with it and are using alternate applications tehirs heaps around!

AS for the blogger i am not trying to dismiss any opinions of his or other readers im just putting forward what i found and why i wont use it anymore, i dont see why i should pay for something that spys on my behaviour also!

Winamp 5.54.2145
on 28 July 2008, reviewed by: nabil

# 36

I like it so much

Winamp 5.54.2145
on 17 July 2008, reviewed by: Chuck

# 35

HELP!
Winamp does not close properly upon exiting in recent versions. It hangs computers requiring a full reboot. In addition, although unchecked the DSP Shoucast stream always attempts to connect. AND cannot disconnect from shoutcast streaming by hitting dinconnect/kill !?!? FRUSTRATING!!

Computers:

P4 2.4ghz
P4 3.Oghz
Dual P3 (1.0ghz)
all WinXP SP2

Winamp 5.5 build 1640
on 17 October 2007, reviewed by: Kingjeste

# 34

I'm not too crazy about the new winamp.. Feels too much like itune.. umm. slow.. it has problem with cddb info showing up on media library. when i insert a cd.. no cddb info show(yes i'm connect to the internet) .. So, i went back to version 5.35.. where things work the way it should..

Winamp 5.5 build 1640
on 13 October 2007, reviewed by: Hari

# 33

Winamp 5.5 has another prob,the prob is that while closing winamp in Bento skin, even though the the winamp is closed, still in task manager the process "winamp.exe" is running and the mem usuage goes on increasing from 10mb to 30mb and then suddenly the process is terminated. my comp configuration is

P4,1GB Ram, With 2.45 Ghz

Winamp 5.5 build 1640
on 12 October 2007, reviewed by: Hari

# 32

Winamp 5.5 rocks but there is problem that i don't know why it occur the probs is thst while changing from bento skin to any other classic skin, the default classic skin's equalizer appears, even though there is a a equalizer

Winamp 5.5 build 1568
on 21 September 2007, reviewed by: Winamp 5.5 Beta 1568

# 31

Winamp rules. Always !!!

( 1 person likes it)

Winamp 5.34 final
on 12 May 2007, reviewed by: Aslam

# 30

WOW! very good

Winamp 5.34 build 1195 beta
on 25 March 2007, reviewed by: anchoe

# 29

this is aplication very excellent and simple fou using. i thing this is perfect

Winamp 5.3 final
on 15 October 2006, reviewed by: HeffeQue

# 28

Very good but... the 5.3 version is buggy. It doesn't close correctly.

Winamp 5.25 build 857 beta
on 29 August 2006, reviewed by: Software Connoisseur

# 27

Nullsoft continues their painful downward spiral with the next installment in this series of bug fixes - if you think this is quality software, just look at how many "bugs" (eg, CODING ERRORS) have been fixed! The latest versions of winamp are slower, hog more memory, have a cludgey 'lagging' interface, and offer no addition features of any practical use than the last three versions did.

my computer?
pentium 4, 1.5 ghz 512mb ram
windows XP pro, SP 2

Winamp 5.25 build 812 beta
on 12 August 2006, reviewed by: Peter Jong

# 26

OOOOOOOHHHHHHH YYYYYYYEEEAAARRR!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love this this one,this is awesome
OH Mmmman WINAMP 5.25 bETA WILL blast off all
yo winamp fave & best 1s

Winamp 5.24 FULL & LITE
on 19 July 2006, reviewed by: xarlieb

# 25

great program yeah, but since AOHell bought Nullsoft's winamp, the development stopped. And v5 became too bloated causing it to be not as fast and light-weight as v2.95

for those of you interested in the old versions go to www.oldversion .com

( 1 person likes it)

Winamp 5.21 and 5.13 FULL & LITE
on 25 April 2006, reviewed by: Luk

# 24

the best player ever....... :)

( 2 people like it)

Winamp 5.21 and 5.13 FULL & LITE
on 10 April 2006, reviewed by: yorch

# 23

i can't play many aac files. i think i'm unable to play files that work before, always with winamp 5.21. anyone knows why? some video files doesn't work but i can see them with media player, why???

Winamp 5.21 and 5.13 FULL & LITE
on 02 April 2006, reviewed by: Marcelo Iha

# 22

I would give 5, except by the Lite version doesn't be able to play WMA ...
There is a mistake on the review, i guess ...

Winamp 5.21 and 5.13 FULL & LITE
on 31 March 2006, reviewed by: Rehmat Ali

# 21

it`s working very good

Winamp 5.21 and 5.13 FULL & LITE
on 29 March 2006, reviewed by: shoo

# 20

winamp can't play "my .dat file " . When I use mouse to increase size of screen , Winamp "eat" 100CPU

Winamp 5.21 and 5.13 FULL & LITE
on 27 March 2006, reviewed by: Ron

# 19

nice program works good

Winamp 5.2 and 5.13 FULL & LITE
on 04 March 2006, reviewed by: Dave Chap

# 18

5.2 is awful, needs javascript and IE for the shoutcast libary to work, a hackers delight

reminds me of v3.0 , except this 5.2 is the worst yet, also be warned the Shoutcast browser and online sections track everything you do by way of Omniture WebBugs and a unique ID assigned to your machine.
tread with extreme caution or stick with v5.13

Winamp 5.2 beta FULL and LITE
on 25 January 2006, reviewed by: deko

# 17

preciso deste tocador

Winamp 5.112 FULL and LITE
on 01 December 2005, reviewed by: abhijit pachorkar

# 16

nicew version one must hv it

Winamp 5.1 FULL and LITE
on 08 October 2005, reviewed by: Ania

# 15

Well I don't know why I can't open the equalizer

Winamp 5.1 FULL and LITE
on 01 October 2005, reviewed by: Azra

# 14

you are the best

( 1 person likes it)

Winamp 5.094 Full and LITE
on 27 July 2005, reviewed by: devil rules

# 13

i like this coz it has advanced technology & many modern skins & plugins

( 1 person likes it)

Winamp 5.093 Full and LITE
on 02 July 2005, reviewed by: Max

# 12

Try this link. It works for me:

ftp://ftp.acbradio .org/acbradio-archives/players/winamp290_full.exe

Winamp 5.093 Full and LITE
on 02 July 2005, reviewed by: Carlo Bettocchi

# 11

I'm interesting to version 2.9 of WinAmp
because my computer is old and with a little (128K) of memory. Where I can find it? Thanks

http://www.oldversion.com/Winamp.html

on 27 Apr 2011, by JCK

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Winamp 5.092 Full and LITE
on 15 June 2005, reviewed by: mikey man

# 10

winamp v4b kicks both winamp 5 and that v2 as well

Winamp 5.092 Full and LITE
on 15 June 2005, reviewed by: Puneet Kumar

# 9

I want a fast and very New winamp for my computer download

Winamp 5.09 Full and LITE
on 05 May 2005, reviewed by: Michel Palourdieau

# 8

Maybe it is some kind of Beta version ?

( 1 person likes it)

Winamp 5.09 Full and LITE
on 04 May 2005, reviewed by: Dj

# 7

version 5.09? why aren't it on the winamp site? anyways great program...

Winamp 5.08c Full and LITE
on 26 January 2005, reviewed by: Riot

# 6

Wimamp is great, no problems with older versions.. have it on 4 pc's and working 2! =] =] =] =]
But!!! what the heck is wrong with this version >> 5.08c

Winamp 5.08 Full and LITE
on 24 December 2004, reviewed by: Nos69

# 5

It's bullnuts, winamp will live. And i don't care that winamp v.5 is not so fast as v.2, my pc over 2.5ghz and winamp 5 is on the fly!!! You can use as alternates foobar200, apollo etc