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For Mac users, JRiver for Mac is due and they are selling cheap licenses in advance (�17 quid ish). You then have a player. Then there are remote apps with very good interfaces, worth a look.
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#1: DSP5200SE|DSW.2|218|210|506.2|504
#2: Prime/PSU|SOtM sMS-200 Mini NEO SE|Focal Stellia
#3: Other stuff
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Worth the free demo trial at least.
Rgds,
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I tried a trial of Pure Music. I didn't like the fact that in order to work it wrote a whole load of "dummy" .MP4 files to my music library (think they were MP4, certainly some sort of music file). I then had to make sure that my Squeezebox library (which I was then running) didn't scan for MP4, and then had to transcode any real MP4 files in the library to a different format to make sure that they still did get picked up by Squeezebox.
Not perfect, frankly. I'd much rather a programme just read the library than started messing it around. Took me ages to delete them all again when the trial was over.
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Sooloos, Roon, G series (with LPS upgrade), 800 series (with LPS upgrade), HD621, AC200, Prime and PS, DSPs old and new.
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Hi,
Another option for the Mac is Audirvana Plus.
Brian
Last edited by bxd; 2013-02-15 22:53.
Main: G65, MD600 Sooloos, MC200 Roon Core, MS600, 210, 218, UHD722, DSP5200SE, DSP5200HCSE, M6 & DSW.2
System 2: AC200 MS200, WiiM Pro+, M6.
Other: DSP5000 (96/24v1), DSP3300.
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Jerome
Music: NUC + ROCK + QObuz > MS600 > G65 > DSP8000SE + DSP5200HC.SL + DSP5200SE rears
Movies: Apple TV > HD621 > G65 > DSP8000SE + DSP5200HC.SL + DSP5200SE rears
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Pure Music works well with Mac, I thought it was only Mac as it piggybacks iTunes. For FLAC file, DSD etc, not supported by iTunes, it adds a bookmarks when the files are added so that they can be used the iTunes interface.
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Audirvana is ideal if you want a Mac playing FLAC files as it doesn't need to go through iTunes.
Geoff
861v4-LPS, ID40, MC200, Roon, Tidal
DSP7000, DSP5200HC, DSP5000.3, Oracle Delphi IV, SME V, Dynavector DV17mk3.
Mac Mini(2010), Synology NAS/Plex Server
Schitt Lyr, Audeze LCD-2, Sennheiser HD800, Beyer Terminator v4.
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You might try Audirvana Plus in lieu of Amarra and PureMusic. They have a free 15 day trial.
561, DSP5500s, DSP5000C, analog sides and rears
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OK from Computer Audiophile " In addition to the 4x sample rate support via optical output Meridian will release a firmware image with enhanced DSP by disabling the digital output and reclaiming the processing power for an extra DSP stage with upsampling, an apodising filter and noise shaping" Awesome! Or even better, ignore the analogue output and upsample/apodise standard rate 44/48 input to 88/96. Suddenly a Mac mini with [insert player app of your choice] can do an even better job of feeding all those CDs without having to justify running a MC200 in parallel. Sounds like it will need to be a different product though. Perhaps the "Discovery"?
Main: Roon-Mac, Oracle Delphi/SME 309/Cadenza Blue, GSP Reflex C, 218, DSP5200SEU, Sky Q, Samsung 49KS7000
Office: Roon-Mac, Quad Vena 2, DALI Opticon 1
Prototype and learning: 101, M30 mk1
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Yeah, I'd pay for one of those with a digi-coax out!
HC: 861v4/ID40/LPS, DSP5000, DSP5000VC, DSP3100, SW1600, HD621, Oppo BDP-105, Sony VPL-HW55ES
2-Channel: Oppo BDP-105, TEAC VRDS-7/Trichord Clock 3/PSU, 551, Quad 303, Harbeth Compact 7ES-3, Kimber cables, Russ Andrews mains and supports.
Previous Meridian: 5000C, 5200SL, 7200.2, 6000, 562V.2, 568.2mm, 800v4, 808.2i, 818v2/v3, 861v8, 502
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I liked Audirvana, sound wise, slightly better than the other Mac options when I trialled them all with some USB DAC earlier last year.
HC: 861v4/ID40/LPS, DSP5000, DSP5000VC, DSP3100, SW1600, HD621, Oppo BDP-105, Sony VPL-HW55ES
2-Channel: Oppo BDP-105, TEAC VRDS-7/Trichord Clock 3/PSU, 551, Quad 303, Harbeth Compact 7ES-3, Kimber cables, Russ Andrews mains and supports.
Previous Meridian: 5000C, 5200SL, 7200.2, 6000, 562V.2, 568.2mm, 800v4, 808.2i, 818v2/v3, 861v8, 502
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