puresilence
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Awesome! Don't want to use fluke, so it's time to convert my music to ALAC. This'll take a while...
anyone know if it will ever get a volume control?
And about the 64 bit requirement, does anyone know if it works with a 2008 macbook with duo core processors? That model does not boot into 64 bit mode.
anyone know if it will ever get a volume control?
And about the 64 bit requirement, does anyone know if it works with a 2008 macbook with duo core processors? That model does not boot into 64 bit mode.
Let me rephrase my concern about the volume control. Will it ever have a volume control that is in increments that may be useful when playing through a normal dac directly into a power amp?
#1 It seems to prefer a dac with a built in digital volume control- I'd say 95% of all dacs in use lack this feature.
#2 The volume control on the beta from a few days ago at least, is the itunes volume control and that will blast at just 1/8 of an inch from the full left hand setting (or lowest setting), so really not useful even though when running regular itunes the volume can be around 50% and still useful in my system
Has anything changed in the version on the app store?
thanks for the link to the other thread, I 'll try to get caught up there.
The iTunes control blasting is worrying. Normally it is at 100%, I'd say you need to control volume from the amp in that case. It is possible to use BitPerfect as a "pre-amp" by doing volume control with iTunes, but like you're seeing that will depend on your system, and I think the lower the volume in iTunes, the more likely you'll get a degradation in sound quality.
The dithered volume control will help with sound quality, but not will volume level on the output, so I guess the answer is no... you need to use the volume control on your amp, it is just too powerful.
great idea, but power amps usually do not have volume controls, and mine is no exception. All attenuation must be done upstream. I wonder why the itunes control works with plenty of attenuation range while bit perfect seems to not. I'll try to test it later today again to see if I missed something.
Thanks for all the detail. I don't think the volume control fix will make it into the next version (that's being beta tested now) but it'll make it into the one after. I'll PM you with a link to a test version in the next few days so that you can confirm that the fix works properly.
Is there a music player available for Mac that handles DSD files ? (note: not SCAD discs or files) I am thinking of gettting a [size=inherit]TASCAM DV-RA1000HD[/size] which can record in both 24/192 and DSD. Although I can just store the files on my Mac and then access them by importing the files onto the Tascam's internal hard drive, it would be good to have the convenience of a player for the Mac.
Would it be preferable to stick with PCM rather than DSD?