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I'd suggest do some bit perfect playback tests between Audirvana and the applications I mentioned but Amir is a Windows lifer, considering his past.

He mentions that he did the test with Audirvana playback. It surprised him in an otherwise perfect measurement performance. I can't find it out now, but has a test graph of stereo separation for one of the DACs he tested which shows a blurry line in the middle instead of a clean one. No bit-perfect player can sound better than another through the identical DAC unless that player is sweetening/treating the sound. Why do you think Audirvana sounds better? Because it's more bit-perfect? Surely you realise that bit-perfect is an absolute. I actually went to the trouble to compare them all before reaching this conclusion. Otherwise Audirvana would sound just like all the other (about half a dozen) bit-perfect players for OS X. How much more clear does it have to be? The publisher himself is claiming that he's sweetening the signal.Īs I mentioned, of course Audirvana is improving/sweetening the sound.

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On the plus side for Audirvana, the DAC support and exclusive stream is rock solid and provides the most detailed information about the connection of any of the OS X players. Audirvana sounds different, arguably 'better'. They are all bitperfect in standard configuration and hence identical. I haven't tested Bitperfect only because I never use iTunes but from repots it falls into the same group. Swinsian, Calibri, Decibel, Fidelia all sound identical on music which they can play back at native resolution (Decibel doesn't handle all bitrates of DSD). In my opinion, he's been quite successful. Damien has chosen to offer 'better' sound.

To be able to differentiate from other players, Audirvana has to either add features which others don't have or Audirvana has to be cheaper or Audirvana has to offer 'better' sound. Audirvana has been on the market for years. It's not that Plisson cannot provide bitperfect output – he can. On the plus side for Audirvana, the DAC support and exclusive stream is rock solid and provides the most detailed information about the connection of any of the OS X claims (in fact, Damien Plisson's own claim) about Audirvana sweetening the sound is absolutely accurate. Swinsian will semi-automatically fetch you album art itself from Last.fm, MusicBrainz, and a couple of other servers automatically.

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It's easy to view and easy to update files whether you add new metadata or artwork externally or internally.

Swinsian musicbrainz mac#

Playlist interfaces are lightning fast, technically detailed as you'd like with a native Mac look. In contrast, Swinsian offers splendid, Mac-native playlist functionality. Outside of cost, I didn't like the playlist functionality (auto-updates to my folders didn't work, filtering a library is an way to interact with music). Audirvana is also only two activations (hate this, I have three Macs I use often and another two I use occasionally). 5 version update! Audirvana is on v3.5 which makes about €310 laid out for buyers who started with v1. Personally, I decided that I didn't like the price and the constant paid updates (competitors do not do this Swinsian was a single €21 purchase, Calibra a single €8 purchase, Decibel a single $33 purchase, Fidelia a single $39 purchase. But whatever the Audirvana is (and likes the special sauce in this case, albeit he usually wants bit perfect), it's not bit perfect.īTW, I'm not an Audirvana owner or a fan, just own most of the competitors and have trialed intensively several versions of Audirvana. There's also a tiny boost in a key treble range (my guess is around 8kHz or 10kHz), giving 'more detail' or resolution to the Audirvana sound. What's special about the Audirvana sound is slightly greater stereo separation, creating a 'wider' soundstage and more air/atmosphere.

They are all bit perfect in standard configuration and hence identical. I haven't tested Bitperfect only because I never use iTunes but from reports it falls into the same group. Click to claims (in fact, Damien Plisson's own claim) about Audirvana sweetening the sound is absolutely accurate.