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We may further remove posts that are deemed off-topic, or better suited to other subreddits. Moderators may at their discretion remove content that fits better in one of the above subreddits. I didn’t believe there would be a difference between bit perfect music player software, but there is.

I have spent 1 hour going back and forth on many songs and I believe I finally understand how they differ. It is very subtle unless you know what to listen for. Then it becomes non-insignificant and appreciable. I would describe Audirvana as being crisper cleaner and having more of a direct, digital transistor sound with better separation than Amarra. Has a flatter and better spaced out sound. Each instrument or track within the recording has a space of its own where you as a listener can better focus in on.

It is more of a forward and energetic sound overall. Amarra counters with better cohesiveness, tube-like organic sound. All instruments share one space and “interact” with one another. The decay, dimensionality and “room” sound is greater. Has that 3D magic.

Definitely a more laid-back approach. I won’t say that one is better than the other, but I will say that I vastly prefer Amarra with my setup. If you have a warmer, thicker sounding system and want a little extra clarity and definition. Yeah, I agree. I’ve been using Audirvana for a long time. I remember when there used to be discussions on 1. I’ve also used Amarra along with their optimization scripts on older MacOS where it worked properly and made a decent difference.

I don’t use my computer anymore for actual playback. I have a dedicated player for that. For the past years, Audirvana was used only for quick previewing music. Nowadays, I’ve even stopped using it for that. Audirvana definitely stands out these days sonically with its filter, and not in a good way for long term listening. However, some people tend to love that kind of sound. I’m not convinced that most people actually know what type of sound they actually prefer.

Most of the time they go with what impresses them the most within the first minutes of listening. This is how people fall for Klipsch speakers and then later come to realize that they become tired and disenchanted by its forwardness. They go WOW that is clear and exciting, sounds good! But the sound lacks insight and maturity. They don’t evaluate over a longer period of time. The brain needs time and exposure in order to learn and unpack the information in order to form an opinion that you then hold.

Music is an emotional, irrational and transcendent experience that speaks to your instinct of meaning. What interests you is completely involuntary and out of your control. Huh, that seems rather counterintuitive. Bit-perfect implies that the source audio will be completely untouched in the digital domain, suggesting that 2 bit-perfect players should sound exactly the same. Not trying to say you’re wrong, but I would wonder why you’re hearing differences between 2 players that both claim to output bit-perfect audio.

I’ve searched around on Google regarding this and it seems I’m not the only one with these conclusions. Amarra is hailed by the majority of people as the king of SQ.. They speculate that all the bit perfect players have their own filter regardless and Amarra is the most musical of the bunch, or tubelike.

I recently found Audirvana and have since bought it. I’ve used J River for a while and Audirvana sounds much better. The music is much fuller sounding. Ah sweet. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy.

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