rowuk
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Pain in the ass, ex-patriot yank living in the land of sauerkraut
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Post by rowuk on Mar 29, 2014 19:27:20 GMT
I have a MacMini as my digital music source on the main system. I am a Macintosh kind of guy that enjoys the results more than the path to get there. iTunes has its share of sonic warts and I have found a way to solve a major portion of them. It is a software package called BitPerfect and it is a breath of fresh air! bitperfectsound.blogspot.deOne of the biggest problems that iTunes has is that it does not change the sampling rate, it simply resamples and reduces the quality to audiophool level. BitPerfect changes the sampling rate to the original or a 2 or 4x upsample of the original. There is no 48khz resample of redbook CD 44.1 tracks. This would be enough, but they also supply a resampling algorithm that I consider to be a big step up from CoreAudio. On my system it works as advertised and the two issues that I had were promptly solved by their helpline. What is the difference in sound: High quality tracks retain their "detail". Resampling artifacts like smaller soundstage, lost trailing room info, phony etched imaging are GONE. When listening to high sampling rate mp3/AAC tracks, the 2x or 4x upsampling feature seems to make them much less annoying at least with my Focusrite DAC. The listening area has grown - the sweet spot seems MUCH bigger. Even listening from the next room (my office for instance) shows a positive difference.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2014 21:18:33 GMT
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