AIR "V1" worked on Windows+iTunes as well but IMHO it was kind of a "backward" solution in relying solely on iTunes, and using that hideous slow software as a library browser and intercepting it's 'output' through it's API. It was like fitting a Ferrari with a Fiat 500 (the original model) engine. Also Apple has shown many times to not be the most reliable partner to 3rd party developers. What if they decided to drop the API support all of a sudden or change it drastically...
Devialet still has a lot of work to do on AIR and they should hire better people to do it. On paper it's an ideal solution, in practice it has shown to be unreliable (and still is for some) and the USB interface/protocols can sound much better as well.
Devialet still has a lot of work to do on AIR and they should hire better people to do it. On paper it's an ideal solution, in practice it has shown to be unreliable (and still is for some) and the USB interface/protocols can sound much better as well.
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