[Twangsta]

  I use Cog, and am quite happy with it.

If you like COG you might be happier with VOX, it's slick and fits in better on OSX.

 

[Solrighal]

Why does Vox sound so much darker than Cog? Anyone?

 

[Twangsta]

Why does Vox sound so much darker than Cog? Anyone?

I don't know if it sounds better, but to me the interface is far superior.
 
I do think A+ and other up sampling libs sound better but I could just be that it brings the audiofool out in me
 
Then again it could be that these things depend upon your partnering equipment, or maybe by saying that I'm guilty of one or more on this list.
http://www.thewelltemperedcomputer.com/Fun/Woo.htm

 

[Torai]

  If you like COG you might be happier with VOX, it's slick and fits in better on OSX.

Thanks for the suggestion. Are you talking about the UI ? I'll try later today

 

[Solrighal]

I don't like the UI on Vox. If I could make it full - screen it might be better. It definitely sounds warmer than either Cog or JRiver.

 

[Zoom25]

Anyone know how to control Audirvana Plus in standalone mode through iPad without involving iTunes at all?

 

[Twangsta]

Thanks for the suggestion. Are you talking about the UI ? I'll try later today

Yes. Just the Ui. I think it's great. But I guess it's a personal thing as zorrofox above would like some thing different.

But I bought the snake oil mad love audrivana+, personally. I love the iTunes integration and the upsampling. Feel spoilt using the remote on my ipad in bed. Technology has come a long way, it's ridiculous.

 

[Twangsta]

Anyone know how to control Audirvana Plus in standalone mode through iPad without involving iTunes at all?

Maybe some sort of Remote Desktop app?

 

[Kiats]

Maybe some sort of Remote Desktop app?

Try Screen VNC by Edovia. Works great within your home LAN. You can even control your desktop over the internet.

 

[notox101]

  Anyone know how to control Audirvana Plus in standalone mode through iPad without involving iTunes at all?

Remote Desktop or implementing your own api to remotely control Audirvana are the only ways in standalone mode since Audirvana itself doesn't have any server module to be accessed through network.
A good alternative for Mac to iTunes+Audirvana in order to have a remote access to your music library and control the playback would be the Music Player Daemon server which can ben installed on OS X and whose the Ipad client app. is pretty well designed.

 

[Solrighal]

Or use JRiver which has an official iOS app and an unofficial Android app (Gizmo).

 

[Lohb]

  Anyone know how to control Audirvana Plus in standalone mode through iPad without involving iTunes at all?

http://www.teamviewer.com/en/index.aspx
Free.

 

[Torai]

  Anyone know how to control Audirvana Plus in standalone mode through iPad without involving iTunes at all?

Just use the Apple's remote app. I think it has more than enough basic operations, yet simple. I don't like to control the whole desktop - just the music player itself.

 

[littletree76]

Apple's remote app can be used for controlling Apple products such as iTunes and Apple TV but not other third-party applications. But Lohb want to control Audirvana Plus without involving iTunes at all (running in standalone mode instead of iTunes integrated mode). Instead I have been using Rowmote Pro app on my iPhone 5 to control all applications include latest Audirvana Plus 1.5.12 in Mac OS 10.9.3 on iMac without any issue. In fact if you have jailbroken Apple TV, it can be used for Apple TV as well and you can forget about Apple Remote app all together. Rowmote Pro app is Apple Magic Trackpad and Apple Remote Control rolled into one with smooth handling of user gestures.

 

[Torai]

Thanks littletree for pointing that out. I didn't read carefully and thought Audirvana has a separate mode for iTunes-like remote app just like I do with foobar2000.

You can remote control playback using the iPad/iPhone Apple Remote App that controls iTunes. You use the iTunes integrated mode of Audirvana Plus for this. In this mode iTunes acts only as a remote control for A+. If your files that are not recognized natively by iTunes (e.g. FLAC, Cue Sheets, DSD, …) you can use the “Add Files to iTunes” command in the Audirvana Plus menu to create small proxy files that’ll be catalogued in iTunes and enable playing of all those files using the iPad/iPhone Remote app.

For desktop remote app, I used Splashtop occasionally on my iPad. On the iPhone it would be painful for your eyes, that's why I still prefer the simpler music-only remote if available.