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1. Audirvana vs amarra driver#
2. Audirvana vs amarra manual#
3. Audirvana vs amarra software#
4. Audirvana vs amarra Pc#

So many updates claiming “ improved sound quality” have always made me wonder what Audirvana is adding/subtracting. In truth, I’ve always been suspicious of what Audirvana does to the audio data. The processing done by Audirvana on the source data isn’t as benign as claimed.The EMI loading from the Zen Stream and the Lenovo m75 is massively different and affecting the analogue stage of the DAC via the USB cable.That really leave just two possibilities: Both transports are reading the same tracks off the same NAS running Asset UPnP. Ultimately, I do not know what to attribute the change to. The illusion holds together in a much wider area than with Audirvana. Jeckyl and Hyde nature of their presentation outside of the sweet spot. While the Omega speakers don’t have world’s greatest off axis response, the broader frequency response at the top of the scale definitely lessens some of the Dr.Starting to get some of that visceral in-the-room feel back.Zen Stream presents as less pristine objects but prejected into the room. It’s separation could give the feeling that instruments were incredibly high resolution cardboard cutouts. Audirvana had extremely well defined placement.There’s some serious weight at the bottom and some added attack at the top. Noticeably extended frequency response at both ends of the scale.So much so I started questioning my assumptions about the root cause for how the system behaves. Now what was unexpected, was just how different it sounds compared to Audirvana. It blows Audirvana out of the water in this respect. The GUI is ugly but fast and responsive and consistent on different devices (web UI). Two weeks in and never crashed or wasted my time once.

Audirvana vs amarra driver#

After all, there’s a limit of what to expect from a 10w amp and single driver speaker right?įunctionally it passed with flying colours. The clarity and insight though more than made up for that. Suffice to say, the strengths are unchanged:īut I noted before that the system didn’t have the same aggressive attack or visceral in-the-room feel as my Naim/PMC system, and that was probably to be expected. I’ve posted about this system at length on another thread so no need to be that verbose again. Both Audirvana and the ifi Zen Stream feeding the DAC via the same Luxman JPU-150 USB interconnect. Luxman D-N150 DAC feeding an SQ-N150 tube amp driving Omega Junior 8 XRS speakers. Then Audirvana moved to the subscription pricing and left release 3.5 to fester. And the app was a glitch ridden load of rubbish.

Audirvana vs amarra manual#

Any manual security patch to Windows reversed all my registry setting that turned off updates wasting time.

Left running 24/7, Audirvana got stuck every few days necessitating a restart. The goal was to set it up carefully once and hopefully rarely if ever need the keyboard and screen again.

Audirvana vs amarra Pc#

I tried to replicate that with a fanless Lenovo m75 PC configured in a way that wouldn’t apply updates and would load Audirvana on boot. Having used a Uniti Qute 2 and NDX for many years I was used to that smooth experience for NAS streaming. In a nutshell, Audirvana and/or the use of a computer as a transport bothered me greatly. However, all other system variables remaining unchanged, I can say that observed differences are at least attributed directly to the two transports and nothing else.

So my Audirvana isn’t necessarily the same as someone elses. And on the other a dedicated hardware transport.

Audirvana vs amarra software#

On the one hand we have a software transport where it can be running on thousands of different devices all generating different EMI profiles. There’s no way to do a true apples to apples comparison here.