AUDIRVANA 2 SOFTWARE
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It's just too much money, for me, unfortunately. PS: as for the DSD playback thing, I don't own a DSD DAC, nor I intend to shell out some $$$ to get one, just to listen to the very few recordings I have. That's the reason why I always ONLY use ASIO (when on Windows) when i'm listening to music. That way, not only you will hear your recordings the way they were mastered, but also you can enjoy your favorite music with the utmost audio quality you can get from your DAC/Receiver. You should always playback your recordings in either ASIO or using a DAC/Software that can allow, through its own driver/interface, the possibility to bypass the main OS audio module. So, that way, engineers and mixers, who encode either in DTS or Dolby Digital, can be sure that the quality of their final mastered/encoded soundtracks will sound exactly the same as when they recorded it/layed down the tracks in ProTools or Nuendo.bit-to-bit identical to the original studio master. And that's the reason why even quality-check softwares like DTS-HD Stream Player or Dolby Media Decoder, ONLY allow ASIO or DACs that can bypass the main OS audio module. You end up hearing the original sound file you created, with all its details and with those 'little' bells & whistles you probably didn't noticed or pay too much attention to, when playing the files using the system's own audio output module.

It's not a 'tripping' or a placebo effect at all. It's no different than when using ASIO mode in Windows. But Audirvana can bypass Core Audio, therefore making your files sound just as they should.without any alterations to the sound of your sound files.

AUDIRVANA 2 SOFTWARE

ITunes uses Core Audio, just as every software in the OS X/iOS domain do.

AUDIRVANA 2 PLUS

PS: Then try DSD files natively thru this player.Īudirvana Plus | The Sound of your Dreams I am a recording / mastering engineer of 20 years and I try to only get excited when I simply cannot shake something no matter how hard I try. Make sure you go into Preferences->Audio System and after selecting your DAC, click on 'Direct Mode' which will bypass Core Audio and ensure nothing else can alter the playback bits and SR.

Please someone with a decent USB DAC / Monitors try this software and tell me I am tripping!

I thought I knew the merits of my DAC2 but this has made me come to a whole new level of appreciation. I have also listened to a ton of high resolution tracks purchased from HDTracks with stunning results. Regardless of the software features (iOS remote, iTunes integration, native DSD, etc), I am currently playing back 24 bit 96 kHz mixes that I have done over the years thru the SAME benchmark DAC-2 that I would use thru iTunes (etc), and the mixes sound deeper, tighter, wider, etc. Has anyone tried this hires Mac player? It is blowing my mind as I type this.

Audirvana 2