[omasciarotte]

if you use tidal or qobuz, then the roon radio functionality makes it worth it alone. roon radio kicks in when you're queue is empty and starts playing music that's similar that it thinks you'll like -- both in your library and what's available in roon and qobuz. i'm discovered so much amazing much that i never would have known about otherwise.

TIDAL also does the same when an existing playlist runs out…

 

[jcn3]

TIDAL also does the same when an existing playlist runs out…

not with tidal content and library content. of course, if you only use tidal, then my point is moot.

 

[Allanmarcus]

I tried JRiver. I tried to like it; I really did. It so clearly a Windows port. It doesn't feel like a Mac application at all. Too bad, as it has some good features, and could easily be an iTunes replacement if Apple ever really destroys the new music application.

I also used Plex and Kodi pretty heavily. Kodi is a lightweight music player. Plex does have decent to good meta data lookup, which is really nice, and decent smart list capabilities.

Of course if one wants to sync music with an iOS device, Apple Music App (iTunes, not the streaming service) is the only game in town. Roon plays very nice with an existing iTunes library, but $500 lifetime is hard to swallow.

 

[samuraivoodoo]

I'm using the Vox player. Itunes is junk

 

[brainchill]

I'm old, so I came from a Winamp/xmms world as far as digital music is concerned ... so for me I play with some of these but I'm mostly stuck in a file structure with artist name>album title>track names and still mostly just use something like VLC

 

[claud W]

I have some issues I need help with. I have Audirvana Plus on my Mac Mini that is new last year. I was able to get DSD with my Cord 2Qute DAC. Yesterday I got a new Matrix X-Sabre Pro DAC and all it played is PCM. Is there something I need to adjust in Audirvana Plus? My Mac Mini? The Matrix?
In addition, I seem to have several albums on Audirvana Plus that have songs repeated through the whole album. How best way to remove the extra songs?

 

[claud W]

Fixed issue one. I had never configured Audirvana Plus, so, all this time, about 3 years, all I have been listening to is PCM. Until my new DAC, I just thought I was listening to DSD.

 

[tumpux]

An honest question if you dont mind, do you notice any difference between pcm and dsd stream?

 

[AnakChan]

Depends on CD/SACD, headphone/speaker/amp gear, etc. e.g. off my Stax headphones, yes but off my V-Moda, somewhat more difficult. And for CD/SACD, if it was the early 2003 version of Norah Jones SACD, nope but the reissued 2012 version, yes. In other words, plenty of variables at play.

 

[Lohb]

Think I posted this on an article by accident vs this thread...

Anyone have AudirvanaPlus_3.2.16.dmg ?
I need to test it against AudirvanaPlus_3.2.18.dmg to see if the issue I have is with A+ or new Air machine...
I want to keep using a fully working A+ vs new Audirvana one which I really don't like.

Had to roll back to Sierra after finding out old A+ has been "retired" on Catalina....i just find GUI awful on new Audirvana.

 

[Krutsch]

Anyone have AudirvanaPlus_3.2.16.dmg ?
...
Had to roll back to Sierra after finding out old A+ has been "retired" on Catalina....i just find GUI awful on new Audirvana.

Yes. I am running the latest A+ on the latest Catalina on the latest MacBook Air. Everything works fine.

 

[Lohb]

Yes. I am running the latest A+ on the latest Catalina on the latest MacBook Air. Everything works fine.

Strange, I could not get it to point to my library with 3.2.18 on Catalina and 2019 Air. I assumed it no longer worked with catalina as a way to force everyone on to the new one.

 

[SilverEars]

Do you guys get slow-down for sound to output on Tidal on a Mac? I see the player's progess bar moving, but no sound comes out immediately like in Windows, and takes a bit of time for the sound to kick-in.

 

[Currawong]

Do you guys get slow-down for sound to output on Tidal on a Mac? I see the player's progess bar moving, but no sound comes out immediately like in Windows, and takes a bit of time for the sound to kick-in.

What's your entire set-up?

 

[SilverEars]

What's your entire set-up?

Mac Mini to Yggdrasil via usb. I'm wondering if this is regular issue that others are facing with Macs or isolated to my computer configuration. Doesn't matter what DAC is connected, I tried others as well, and Tidal does the same thing. It's got to be within the software.