![]() Does allow for manual sample rate switching in preferences. Plexamp - No automatic sample rate switching. ![]() ITunes/Apple Music - Why even launch hi-res Apple Music if your computers don't match sample rates by default? No automatic sample rate switching.įoobar for Mac - No automatic sample rate switching. ![]() Options that do not work or work extremely poorly for bit-perfect playback: JRiver - UI straight outta 2002 but works. Vox - Have to buy premium for sample rate matching. $14.99/month subscriptionĪudirvana - The second best option, and the second most expensive. Tragically, also unjustifiably expensive. Roon - Easily the best player with a stated dedication to bit-perfect playback. Options confirmed to have bit-perfect playback: Here's how the search for bit-perfect audio on Mac is going so far, 7/8/21: Only JRiver, Audirvana, Vox Premium and Roon offered true bit-perfect output and sample rate matching.Įdit: Thanks for the suggestions, folks. I tried every suggestion here and that I could find online. It is a little hard to believe (but true) that there is no simple or free solution for bit-perfect playback on Mac as of 8/29/21. It’s too expensive for what I was originally looking for, but it has built-in EQ for my Audeze headphones which made it worth it to me. I have a huge library of 24/16 bit and 44/48/88/96khz audio and I really can't find anything other than the aforementioned that can play it as intended. but to pay $15/month just to listen to my own music from my own server, are they serious?Īre there really no alternatives like Foobar or Musicbee for MacOS? iTunes doesn't switch sample rates/bit depth automatically, and even if you do switch your output manually for every album using the MIDI app, I highly suspect iTunes still resamples. I’m currently making use of a fresh 15-day trial before committing 100% to the new version.įurther information: Audirvana Plus | Audirvana Plus 2.Roon and Audirvana work great and send bit-perfect output to my USB DAC. I cheekily attempted to load my existing 1.x license file at startup – a move resolutely rejected by the start-up interface. (Users who dropped their cash after 1st August get the 2.0 update for nothing). New customers are being asked to pony up US$74 for a version 2 license whilst those who bought into v1.x can expect to pay an upgrade fee of US$39. The downside of A+’s new self-contained library system = no remote control. No need to drop down to the command line and into the SACD Extract wilderness. One neat feature is v2.0’s ability to list the DSD songs contained within a single SACD. Support for the advanced tagging requirements of classical and jazz are also supported. Once inside the Audirvana Plus library files can be retagged and their artwork added. Specify a ‘watch’ folder and anything added to that folder is automatically added to Audirvana’s very own database, which is apparently scalable to 100,000 songs. Rejoice, for your FLACs may now roam free! It’s also less expensive than its rivals.Īlthough iTunes integration remains an option, Version 2.0 sees Audirvana Plus breaking ties with iTunes via its own library management system. Into the wild this week goes the long awaited, long rumoured, won’t-be-much-longer-till-it’s-ready, absolutely-definitely-coming-soon, okay-here-it-is version 2.0 of Audirvana Plus.Īlong for the ride comes a new logo and freshly decorated website home page that details developer Damien Plission’s ongoing commitment to memory play, bit-perfect playback, integer mode, SysOptimizer, and full DSD compatibility.Īudirvana Plus has long been championed as a more affordable competitor to Amarra and PureMusic, mainly because its users aren’t always shackled to an iTunes database that necessitates the transcoding of FLAC to Apple Lossless.
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