[BirdManOfCT]

Are you using it straight from Mac output or to a DAC?

 

[Boban1]

It has to go to an external DAC.

 

[Boban1]

Tried Amarra 3.0, sounds the same as iTunes...

 

[Boban1]

Amarra is the best I have heard so far. Most should try it.

Tried Amarra 3.0, sounds the same as iTunes...

 

[Redcarmoose]

Tried Amarra 3.0, sounds the same as iTunes...

Wow?

 

[kscwuzhere]

I've been using Audirvana and have been creating no-audio proxies so that Itunes handles my library. So far, its the best system I've tried cause Audirvana sounds superior to everything ive tried and the Itunes library management is wonderful since I can control my library on my phone! 

 

[desertblues]

Just curious here, have you tried the Pure Music player for mac? It has the features you mention. I use it with an external dac and amp , plays flac (and everything else hi-rez or not) and uses itunes library. Switches bit rates and file types seamlessly. It was recently updated with new features too.

 

[Solrighal]

Assuming the output is bit-perfect, why should any software player sound better than any other? I know they do but I don't understand why. I use JRiver and think it sounds better than anything else I've tried but I still don't understand why. I haven't tried anything that relies on iTunes because I detest everything about iTunes.

All I'm looking for is great sound and it must have a folder tree view.

 

[Boban1]

I suggest to everyone looking for high quality music player to try VLC. All other free or paid (in some instances too expensive) audio players sound muddy and luck definition and clarity when played trough an external DAC. In my case Spitfire DAC trough an optical input.

 

[Redcarmoose]

I suggest to everyone looking for high quality music player to try VLC. All other free or paid (in some instances too expensive) audio players sound muddy and luck definition and clarity when played trough an external DAC. In my case Spitfire DAC trough an optical input.

Interesting VLC has been dropped from the Apple Store for ios8. For awhile it was harder to find but now completely gone for FLAC playing on i devices. Maybe it will come back as it has come and gone before. I found a generic free FLAC player for iPods which seems to sound pretty good. Still VLC was cool.