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It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Audible difference in players? Thread starter MediumRare Start date Oct 4, I see on various forums that different music players have different SQ. A hardware manufacturer told me the same thing just last week.
And personally, I think I hear a benefit to Audirvana. And yet, bits are bits, right? So, amirm , please save us from this mystery: Do these players deliver different bits or clock speeds or jitter or "musical ether" to a DAC via USB?
Does it matter if you have "good" DAC? BillG Major Contributor. While there may be some subtle differences in the sound quality due to their various processing engines, they will be just that when the processing is kept to an absolute minimum. Yes, having a competently designed, transparent DAC helps, but I wouldn't concern myself with clock speeds, jitter, etc. Unless one is willing to do bit level comparisons of the player outputs when rendering the same level matched audio, people saying this and that about the sound quality is just an opinion.
And a dealer's would be the last opinion I'd trust to make that determination as their underlying motive is profit. As for what you think you're hearing, a double blind, level matched listening test between players would be quite revealing Last edited: Oct 4, Rja Major Contributor Forum Donor. Hi If there are differences, that's more likely to be in streaming stability. The way the system is correcting for an-avoidable errors timing, lost packets, For computer data transfer, if a packet has to be sent again, the only difference is that you'll have to wait more for your transfer to be finished.
For audio or video, when buffer is empty, that's just lost data. And then distortion of the signal and not small amount! Rja said:. If there are differences, that's more likely to be in streaming stability. I mean: a bit as Amir demonstrated with the revuew of the REL wireless relay. Kal Rubinson and Boltman like this. One mistake I made with Foorbar was thinking when I "copied" files over to it, the copied files were stored in a Foobar folder.
I lost the first HD Track downloads I did. Location: Sunshine State. Audirvana is my favorite software player and I consider it one of the best. To me, it sounds much better than Foobar and it is much more easier to use. With the latest upgrades the GUI looks great. Audirvana's sound quality is at the same level as Roon which is as good as it gets today.
Roon surely has the advantage in terms of database organization but in terms of sound quality they are very close. I don't think that Audirvana is expensive but even if it was, it would be worth every penny. Cast Iron Shore likes this. Location: USA. The key here is that Foobar2k on Mac is completely different from its Windows incarnation based on the mobile app version iirc , and is much more barebones. I'd say Foobar on Windows easily surpasses Audirvana in terms of feature count, but on Mac it's completely missing library support which is a major disadvantage if you want to search your music or have files spread across multiple drives.
If you have one folder with all of your music well-organized and you just want to drag and drop albums to play on it, it does just fine, but if your library is more complex or messy then Audirvana can be worth it. One thing I can't figure-it is the Foobar dmg file on my Mac. Try it and check out its sound quality, catalogue and UI for yourself. Sign in. Log into your account. Password recovery. Forgot your password? Get help. Head-Fi Hi-Fi Reviews.
It's all in the details of the particular setup. The chain isn't stronger than the weakest link. Tinman said:. Well actually Audirvana does a lot more than just bit perfect playback. It optimises the entire operating system for audio playback and disables non essential services.
Plays from RAM too. This limits processor activity during playback and protects the music from playback jitter and possible signal interference by stabilizing the computer power supply and limiting processor activity to the bare minimum: minus 0.
Today, most DACs operate at very high internal frequencies and low resolution. This conversion involves oversampling. Reactions: Tinman What exactly does that add though? Surely bit-perfect is as good as it gets, the ones and zeros delivered to your DAC entirely unadulterated. Variations in CPU load during playback will be beyond Audirvana's control as they will be caused by the operating system and other software.
The rest of the quote has a feel of the same kind of, blind the customer with pseudoscience waffle, that high-end cable manufacturers use. I did however try running the free trial, except Audirvana refused to allow me to add my music to it's library.
The instructions online state that one should click the "add a folder" button under "local", there was no such button and I am really not bothered enough to do anything about it.
Foobar just works and works well. One thing a computer is designed to do above all else, because otherwise it simply would not work, is work with ones and zeros without them becoming corrupted. Indeed it does, I don't pay for software when the free trial doesn't work properly! I really don't care what you think but, I followed the instructions provided on the website.
Don't expect any further responses, I'm done with this and, done with this website. Too many idiots who stoop to insults when they don't get agreement.
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