Amarra or amarra symphony???

See my previous post on this subject. The problem with the basic Amarra HiFi software is it does not support HD (24/96 and above) FLAC playback directly. You need to either first convert FLAC to AIFF or upgrade to the full version of Amarra. In the end I went from Amarra HiFi to Audirvarna Plus to play HD FLAC files directly. To me, Audirvarna Plus was a very good $50 investment.

Mgattmch, thanks. I actually was not considering Amarra Hifi. I was looking at Amarra at $189 or Amarra Symphony at $495.
BTW, I did also try pure music, there was a problem with it through. After playing music for a few seconds, it started sounding very strange, kinda like spinning/skipping vinyl.

Audirvana is getting the spotlight these days. Less expensive and great sound, but no EQ, if that's part of your reason for choosing Amarra.