Comments on: A couple of weeks with Audirvana+

By: Rob Campbell

Rob Campbell — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:01:37 +0000

In reply to Daniel Sapen. Hi Daniel, Thanks for replying. The big plus for me is giving Audirvana exclusive access to the DAC. iTunes sounds pretty good with the volume control at full, but other apps will stream notification sounds or audio streams in there which kind of gets in the way of the music. On a dedicated system with a good outboard DAC, Audirvana+ is tough to beat. Cheers!

By: Daniel Sapen

Daniel Sapen — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 15:24:12 +0000

Thumbs up. I switched to Audirvana over a year ago, and I only use iTunes for the same reasons as RobCee. The sonic difference is subtle, but I i’m pretty sure it is a difference of depth, warmth, and a more real attack/decay envelope. iTunes is still fine. The issue of having an external DAC sensed and coordinated-with by the software is very nice. As I have a fine DAC that does not do DSD, the Audirvana brain prepares the DSD file as PCM at a presumable high depth and rate and shows you what it is doing. DSD files end up sounding extremely good this way, with no discernible conversion problem.

By: Audirvana 3 | robcee.net

Audirvana 3 | robcee.net — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 11:57:54 +0000

[…] year, around this time, I was about a month into my iTunes replacement experiment with Audirvana+. I still get a lot of hits on those articles, so I thought it was time for a follow-up on how […]

By: Rob Campbell

Rob Campbell — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 12:44:17 +0000

In reply to Righty.

Hey Righty,

Happy to do it! It’s been fun and the sound quality has been a total upgrade.

I do use A+ Remote. I have had a few issues connecting, especially if I have to switch computers, sometimes there’s a delay, sometimes an out-right crash of the (ipad) app if I select one of my local machines from the list. I’ve found that rotating the iPad into landscape mode fixes that particular crash.

So, with the odd crash work-around and connection issue out of the way, A+ Remote actually works really well. In some ways the library browser is a bit better than Audirvana+ itself once you figure out how to get around in it. At $10, the price is a bit steep, and I don’t know that I’ve ever seen an update for it. Maybe someday we’ll see some changes to the library portion of A+.

Anyway, if the money’s not a problem, I’d say go for it. Definitely more comfortable than controlling the music with a mouse and keyboard once you’re set up.

cheers!

By: Righty

Righty — Thu, 06 Apr 2017 10:25:50 +0000

I really appreciate your review and the time you took to provide all this. Thanks! I have once concern. A+ Remote gets awful reviews on the App store for reliability and even just connecting. Do you have any experience with it? It is the one thing holding me back on a purchase as remote is important to me due to injury/disability. Thanks again.

By: Rob Campbell

Rob Campbell — Mon, 06 Feb 2017 13:36:57 +0000

thanks for the recommendation. Looks compelling. 🙂

https://imazing.com/

By: pat

pat — Sun, 05 Feb 2017 18:49:23 +0000

” Then there are the iPods and iPads I have no way to sync outside of iTunes…”….You should get iMazing…;)

By: Ripping CDs Without iTunes (on macOS) | robcee.net

Ripping CDs Without iTunes (on macOS) | robcee.net — Sun, 16 Oct 2016 17:29:47 +0000

[…] recently wrote about my efforts to get iTunes out of my life. It’s going well, thanks, but there was one piece that was still missing for me: ripping […]