[Currawong]

I've been using Vox when I want to drag-and-drop files. 

 

[freedom01]

Although A+ sounds good really , but it is a PITA to work with.
 
Can't do proper sorting in the playlist.
Can't drag and drop
The main library is a mess
 
These two basic functions matter the most to me.
 
The price of the software isn't that cheap and basic functions like these should be a given.
 
Wake up your idea, Audirvana.

 

[reiserFS]

  Although A+ sounds good really , but it is a PITA to work with.
 
Can't do proper sorting in the playlist.
Can't drag and drop
The main library is a mess
 
These two basic functions matter the most to me.
 
The price of the software isn't that cheap and basic functions like these should be a given.
 
Wake up your idea, Audirvana.

Quoted for truth.

 

[isquirrel]

Anyone running A+ - heads up there's a new 2.05 update with Dark mode, same SQ as 2.04

 

[miceblue]

Yeah ,I guess I could step down to that 1.5.9 one (thanks for the tip) and with Decibel with the brief listen also keep that as it is a very reasonable price.Going to A|B more when I get a chance,but with planars and sabre chips already analytic style adding in a player revision like 1.5.12 that is going too far in that direction...it is all about finding hardware software balance. Wish I never sold my Bushmaster Mk2 DAC it was superb...using an obscure Wolfson chip.

Edit : Anyone got the revisions link for A+ ? I thought I had it bookmarked, but no.

Looks like only 1.5.11 and 1.5.12 work for the URL format I have (see below).

I'd be more interested in hearing your thoughts on Decibel vs A+ 1.5.12. I'm tempted to try Decibel because it has Mac ASIO support for up to DSD256, which A+ 1.5 doesn't have and I don't like the lack of drag-n-drop in A+ 2.

http://www.exasound.com/Blog/tabid/74/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/155/Decibel-13--The-First-Audiophile-Player-with-Mac-OS-X-ASIO-Support.aspx

Anyone running A+ - heads up there's a new 2.05 update with Dark mode, same SQ as 2.04

http://audirvana.com/delivery/AudirvanaPlus_2.0.5.dmg

 

[isquirrel]

Just downloaded Decibel and tried it against A+ 2.05, its very close. I think A+ is a little more detailed but there's not much in it, Decibel could be a bit richer tonally. 
 
Need to do more listening, the demo is fully functional for 48 hours play.
 
http://www.feisty-dog.com/decibel/

 

[Lohb]

  Just downloaded Decibel and tried it against A+ 2.05, its very close. I think A+ is a little more detailed but there's not much in it, Decibel could be a bit richer tonally. 
 

Yes, I kind of found that, more so with 1.5.12.

 

[miceblue]

Uhhhhhh, this might be a stupid question, but how do I adjust the volume in Decibel? D:
I'm using the Light Harmonic Geek Out as the DAC and the digital volume control doesn't work. The settings in the Audio MIDI don't work either.

Fortunately my music isn't playing at an ear-blasting volume level...

This is really useful.


Found it.

Wooow, I'm loving the sound from Decibel! I like it a lot more than A+ 1.5.12 even though it's softer on the details and the imaging isn't as precise. It sounds less harsh to my ears.

 

[BirdManOfCT]

v2.0.5 still has shuffle/continuous problems. I put a pink noise into continuous/loop, but it keeps jumping to another track (next or shuffle) when it's done with it. Maybe v2.0.23 will fix it?

 

[isquirrel]

  v2.0.5 still has shuffle/continuous problems. I put a pink noise into continuous/loop, but it keeps jumping to another track (next or shuffle) when it's done with it. Maybe v2.0.23 will fix it?

Hmm I am doing the same with a single aiff file, no issues? What format is the file in?

 

[BirdManOfCT]

 
Hmm I am doing the same with a single aiff file, no issues? What format is the file in?

Those particular files are MP3. I have a mix of MP3 and AIFF.

 

[isquirrel]

So the aiff files play okay?

Is it just one particular batch of files or can you replicate the problem with other files?

 

[Lohb]

Any of you hand-on-heart notice a difference with 16/44 to 24/96 up-scaling on A+ ?

 

[isquirrel]

  Any of you hand-on-heart notice a difference with 16/44 to 24/96 up-scaling on A+ ?

Congratulations on your 1,000 post !!
 
I have tried different ways of up sampling with A+ but have always gone back to NOS. I find its more natural IMHO. I think its probably DAC dependant, on my Hugo which up samples internally there was no benefit, on the LH DaVinci no need to the damn thing sounds so good its ridiculous, haven't even thought of messing with the bits.

 

[bpcans]

Anybody else notice Audirvana+ arbitrarily dropping songs from your library? And sometimes in iTunes intergrated mode it just starts playing random songs from my library. Weird.