bulmanxxi
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I have Amarra Jr., Pure Music, Decibel, Audirvana and Fidelia demo. Out of all these, currently, Pure Music does the best job and it is the most stable although not the prettiest. It is reasonable cost given that it can be installed on a number of machines without issues. Amarra Jr. sounds good but does not have a smooth transition from track to track. It also does not support upsampling. It's worst aspect is that it is a single license. Decibel sounds very good and it is pretty simple (a good thing) but does not seem to support upsampling. While I am not sure there is a benefit to upsampling CD quality music, it is nice to have the option to do that and Pure Music and Audirvana allow for that. Both Decibel and Audirvana are free for now but are also work in progress. Fidelia sounds nice but it is buggy and do not seem to sound better than Pure Music. Final version and mostly price will be critical. I think below $100 is the right price for it but we will l see. Strangely enough, they are already selling their iPhone remote app while Fidelia itself is not available. I would not buy the remote until I know whether I'd buy the main app itself. It is also worth pointing out the Pure Music works with Apple's iTunes Remote - FREE! The UI is quite cheesy but who cares, it's about the sound and it sounds great.