I've been doing some reading to decide between Pure Music and Amarra, finally decided on Amarra. Now I can't decide on which amarra to get. Just can't see spending $500 on amarra symphony unless its worth it. can you shed some light please
Take a look at their website and compare the different features to see which one will meet your needs.
Also try a free demo of both. I demo'd Amarra HiFi and Amarra and choose to purchase Amarra because it had the eq and gap-less play back, which is essential for my purposes.
I also tried Audirvana + and found that I liked Amarra better.
I understand the creator of A+ is now working on new plug ins for the next version so the EQ might be in the works but there was an offer to buy the software at the current price before it gets upped with the new features.
If you don't need DSD playback, I wholly recommend BitPerfect from the appstore.
I think A+ sounds better than Amarra when A+ runs in Lion with Direct/INT mode but BP sounds surprisingly close to A+ and is a lot cheaper
I used amarra trial for 2 weeks, I did not like it cause colored the sound I rather listen via iTunes Aiff format trough DAC USB connection mo natural than with amarra. Was my exp doesn't mean is not good. My 2 cents
i just went through the amarra / audirvana decision process... went with audirvana. a 2009 mac mini and audirvana is resulting in the best computer based playback i've yet attained (have not yet tried amarra).
@Drubin - the next release of audirvana, v1.5, will have eq capability (and will be free for all 1.x users).
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