Would be awesome if we can get some more votes: bump! :)

bumpy bump :-)

Yeah, let's get some more votes. :-)   BTW: I've changed my vote from the LCD 2-r1 to LCD2-r2 because they sound so much better!   Quote:

bump, bump, bump! Bumppppp! :-)

Christmas Bump... :-)

little bump

Any news so far?   Quote:

Sorry, "so" not "tough".   If a signal is modified it is not bitperfect anymore. If iTunes + Amarra sounds better to you than just iTunes, either iTunes modifies the signal so it's not bitperfect or Amarra has some build in equalizer that modifies the signal so it's not bitperfect anymore...

The points you mentioned may be true. But you can't argue with a better quality through Audirvana as from iTunes because iTunes already delivers a bitperfect signal. The only thing Audirvana (and all the other apps) do is Sample Rate switching and USB buffering.   If you use iTunes at 100%...

On my setup (Mac (USB) -> audiolab m-dac -> Headphones) iTunes gives a bitperfect signal. So there is absolutely no need for a software like Audirvana because iTunes does give a absolutely perfect signal trough USB to the DAC. This is the most "natural" way you can imagine.   Audirvana...

No, if a software (iTunes) gives a bitperfect signal it's the signal identical to the original signal. Then you don't need any software.   What you mean is an Equalizer which will modify the signal to make high / low frequencies louder. For some this might sound better, but it's not the...

Fidelia: "Data is accurate" tough BitPerfect.   Audirvana: "Data is accurate", BitPerfect.   Amarra: "Data is accurate", BitPerfect.   I think they all give a BitPerfect signal tough they sound absolutely identical.

Moarrrr votes!

This is a thread about iTunes and "Audiophile" programs. I said iTunes does give a bitperfect signal. Some here in this thread think it doesn't.   For sure one can upgrade to a better DAC / AMP but every hardware will get the same bitperfect signal from iTunes. What the piece of hardware...

You select the BitPerfect test in audiolab m-dac's menu. It asks you to play a file you can download here: http://wikkii.org/wiki/M-DAC   I connected the m-dac with some very cheap USB cable to my Mac and launched iTunes, started the BitPerfect test on the m-dac and started playing the...