10-Apr-2015, 00:31
I am using Audirvana since one year ago. I am using all boxes clicked (including direct mode and integer type 1). I am using it with USB or Toslink. So far getting the best results with a mapleshade Clearview USB cable.
Completely unpractical to try to use it with Air, either wifi or Ethernet. You need to deactivate most of the tick boxes, and then you have a lot of difficulties in changing sampling rates without having the chipmunks or a incredibly slow performance.
However, sound is better with Audirvana + USB than with plain iTunes + air Ethernet.
Audirvana performance is very much "in your face". i have just downloaded HQplayer for Mac, which I felt much better in a couple of samples, even working with Ethernet air. Specially the spatial aspects of the performance (soundstage and imaging) seemed better than with Audirvana. The problem is that it does not support ALAC - and all my rips and most of the hires recordings bought in Qobuz and Hdtracks are in ALAC - except a couple of FLAC files where I could run the comparison (Reference Recordings' Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances in particular). I plan to copy the library into another partition and convert it to FLAC to make a decision. I'm still using the demo version of hqplayer.
Completely unpractical to try to use it with Air, either wifi or Ethernet. You need to deactivate most of the tick boxes, and then you have a lot of difficulties in changing sampling rates without having the chipmunks or a incredibly slow performance.
However, sound is better with Audirvana + USB than with plain iTunes + air Ethernet.
Audirvana performance is very much "in your face". i have just downloaded HQplayer for Mac, which I felt much better in a couple of samples, even working with Ethernet air. Specially the spatial aspects of the performance (soundstage and imaging) seemed better than with Audirvana. The problem is that it does not support ALAC - and all my rips and most of the hires recordings bought in Qobuz and Hdtracks are in ALAC - except a couple of FLAC files where I could run the comparison (Reference Recordings' Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances in particular). I plan to copy the library into another partition and convert it to FLAC to make a decision. I'm still using the demo version of hqplayer.
Oslo: sources: Mac Mini/Itunes/Audirvana, glassfiber toslink/Mapleshade clearview USB to D200;
Double helix to Gallo Strada 2 with mapleshade stands, TR3 subwoofer.
Spain: Oppo 95 vacuumstate modded, Kimber select 1021, Linn Classik Movie Di to Gallo Solos through Goertz Python cable
Double helix to Gallo Strada 2 with mapleshade stands, TR3 subwoofer.
Spain: Oppo 95 vacuumstate modded, Kimber select 1021, Linn Classik Movie Di to Gallo Solos through Goertz Python cable
