Pure Vinyl/Amarra

I bought Pure Vinyl after having the demo Amarra for the last 90 days.

To my ears PV just does more for me. More depth of soundstage and more info. Amarra is just to much $$$.

Any thoughts on the two.

glory06-18-2010 2:31pm

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agear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,362 posts 06-20-2010 at 09:31am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Gary, I am glad you are enjoying PV. Is its effect most noticeable on hi rez or does redbook benefit as well? I am a steamer (WiFi) and had always thought that the computer player itself (Itunes, etc) did not have an effect. Steve Nugent at Empirical Audio told me otherwise. I will be investigating these things further.
agear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,362 posts 07-11-2010 at 10:52am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Gary, since I am a WiFi man, PV requires Airfoil (hijacks airtunes) to play via my modded Airport Express. Apple has some encryption at the AE interface that the channel D guys have not worked around yet (in the works). Amarra piggybacks some of the Apple code and thus does not need Airfoil. Anyway, when I tried Airfoil with PV it sounded constricted. I may be missing something with AF and will contact them....
agear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,362 posts 08-29-2010 at 05:53pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Dave, what DAC were you using?
agear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,362 posts 08-30-2010 at 12:09am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Splaskin, I agree with you. Memory playback and Hog-bypass is money....
agear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,362 posts 09-13-2010 at 11:57pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete One source of irritation I have with PM (which I purchased) is that after being on for a while it will stop playing after a given track. Using my Iphone as a remote, I then have to click play on the next track. Is anyone else having this issue?
agear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,362 posts 09-14-2010 at 12:21pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I will be calling them....
agear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,362 posts 09-27-2010 at 04:23pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Svenerik, I agree. 1.63 seems to have taken care of issues I was having. It does indeed make digital less digital....
agear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,362 posts 10-04-2010 at 09:48am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Hi Neville. Nope, still need Airfoil. Its only a $25 program so don't hesitate. Amarra used to have the same requirement. I know they are working on it but was told it won't happen any time soon....
agear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,362 posts 10-04-2010 at 07:49pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Yeah, it does sound better (to my surprise). There was better body (or saturation) along with slightly better detail. Try the demo (you can demo Airfoil as well)....
agear Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,362 posts 10-06-2010 at 01:43am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The Netsend option does exist as you describe Svenerik, but it requires extra hardware and thus defeats the purpose.

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