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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.
128x128glory
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Current Pure Music is 1.45 and very stable in my system and revisions have slowed down a lot. I find it a worthwhile addition for the price. Amarra has released a redbook only edition for $79 usd. Unless I hear that Amarra really trounces PM, I'll stay put- cheaper (hi res = $150ish vs 1k) and can be on multiple computers.
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agear
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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.
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glory OP
1,614 posts
 
PV makes iTunes sound thin/weak and cheap sounding.

25% improvement over iTunes.
agear
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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....
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