I expect your current set up will be hard to better.ĭunno about correlation, but I like the sound of the SRC/Metrum combo with pre-ringing fully set to "minimum phase". Id be very interested to read of your findings of your superb current digital setup vs the PS DS. I wonder what filter set up you use with the Metrum? Does minimal phase sound different to minimal pre-ringing? What about no upsamplings or filters and use EQ to make up for the NOS high freq roll-off? IZotope looks like it does the best filter maths available, with down sampling anyway - is there correlation with upsampling?
Plus with the DSD Master companion app, BitPerfect supports DSD via iTunes. I'm currently considering a DAC upgrade to the PS Audio DirectStream, in which case I'll switch across to using BitPerfect because it does exactly what's needed for the DirectStream DAC and nothing more. Fidelia has iZotope and quite a decent remote app, but no 2x/4x option and can't quite match the convenience/flexibility of the iTunes UI. Today with my Metrum DAC I have settled on Audirvana as the audio engine mainly because of its combination of iZotope upsampling with 2x/4x config option. Since iTunes gained "Up Next" functionality which can be accessed from its Remote app on iOS I am even more inclined to control playback with iTunes. That led me to buy my Audiophilleo and then upgrade it to PurePower config, and the result is that I can't hear any sonic impact when switching between software that is sending the same data out the wire.įor maximum convenience I stuck with iTunes as my library manager. To make my life as easy as possible, I decided years ago that any DAC which sounds different when fed the same data from different software is a broken DAC. In addition, I'm not solely interested in SQ: I'd also like a system that has a vaguely intuitive / easy to use interface - and I can't claim I find Amarra or Audivarna every easy to create playlists / control them: in both cases, there's lots of information missing and IMHO they're poor as music file storage / sorting apps - however, they're both great as music players! What are my options here? Is there any SQ to be gained by trialling Pure and Bitperfect also?Ģ. Given how much I used to spend on CDs (!) I'm happy to trial and even purchase all of these: I've recently downloaded Audivarna (running without iTunes) and it sounds great, and, just last night, downloaded Amarra as a trial, which, if anything, sounds even better!ġ. It's been a year or so since this thread was started, and I figured it's worth an update, as just in the past few months, we've had major updates for: (but please try to only reflect the latest versions in your comments). OK everyone, weigh in on your fave Mac-based digital music player.
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