I have been using JRiver on my Windows 7 PC for quite sometime now. For portable use, i was looking for a suitable software for my Mac. I was seriously considering upgrading my JRiver licence for Mac as well. But, most of the online reviews suggested Audirvana Plus and Pure Music over JRiver. Now, i am using Audirvana Plus for about 2 weeks now. What i find more interesting in Audirvana Plus is the advanced filter options for Sample Rate conversion with Izotope 64 bit SRC. The Parameters are steepness, Filter max length, Cut off freq, Anti aliasing, Pre-ringing. You can read more about it in the above link. I started playing around with only today, and already noticed percievable difference. Note that, it is done on digital signal. There is no EQ involved (which i don't prefer). The result is really positive. There is quite a bit of reading involved.
--> White paper on digital filter -> Ayre
--> An interesting thread in computer audiophile
There is a difference in staging, airiness / smoothness based on the tuning..I would like to point to a particular post for reference..
These are some of the components that i thought we could never change in a system without change in hardware. Personally, i find this very exiting to play around with the settings. Unlike EQ, the results seem to be more natural and coherent. In fact, i hate doing any sort of EQ.
If you are using Mac, i would highly recommend Audirvana Plus.
--> White paper on digital filter -> Ayre
--> An interesting thread in computer audiophile
There is a difference in staging, airiness / smoothness based on the tuning..I would like to point to a particular post for reference..
These are some of the components that i thought we could never change in a system without change in hardware. Personally, i find this very exiting to play around with the settings. Unlike EQ, the results seem to be more natural and coherent. In fact, i hate doing any sort of EQ.
If you are using Mac, i would highly recommend Audirvana Plus.