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– A wishlist website where customers who support the business can submit requests, vote for them, see the upcoming new features ahead of time.

#Audirvana windows software#

– A decent permanent license software that works. I am sorry to say that for me to be willing to commit to a subscription-based model, the bar should be raised higher: no way to parse all metadata, only the main ones. – It plays only the selected track and then it stops, I can hardly believe it works this way. – Poor display of metadata, with inline scrolling and poor usage of screen estate. no way to jump backward/fwd in playback using arrow keys, which is the minimum I’d expect from a music player. – Search by name is broken, you select one album in the search results, and it still takes you to a list that includes all albums, so you have to choose again. Those like me who supported Audirvana+ over the years are now left with two choices: pay a high monthly fee for a service they don’t need, or keep using Audirvana+, aware of the fact that it’s not going to get any support and improve over time. A large portion of the UI in Audirvana studio is dedicated to streaming services that I am not interested in (considering the poor quality of masters you are going to get on those services), but you still have to deal with a UI and monthly-based subscription model that forces you into the online steaming model.

: Sound Performances, Comparison, conclusionĭamien may have done a fantastic job at developing the best music player on the market, but sadly, the software is plagued by usability issues and generally speaking, a mediocre user experience. €19,99 for Tidal HiFi, MQA streaming + Dolby Atmos.

€14.99 for Qobuz Studio Premier, FLAC 24Bit 96-192kHz streaming.

To that, you have to add the cost of your music streaming subscription : I kept Plex for my movies/series and took Audirvana for my music.

#Audirvana windows free#

Personally, after the 30-day free trial, I took a Studio Access subscription.

Regular free updates all along the year.

Last but not least, we can’t end this review, without talking about the price.Ĭompared to Roon, Audirvana is surprisingly more affordable, as a monthly subscription only costs $/€6,99 or $/€5,88 per month, if you get Studio Access, a yearly subscription. Lastly, if I mentioned the oversampling before, Audirvana also has various replay gain settings, to avoid volume/gain mismatch between your tracks and albums. If you find one track that couldn’t be analyzed correctly, you can tag it manually, directly from the player.

Audirvana relies on fingerprint analysis, like Shazam, and is on-point almost 90% of the time. Like Roon or Plex, the media library can be automatically scanned and sorted.

#Audirvana windows mac#

The search engine is good, even if it’s slightly faster on Mac than windows, and surprisingly it’s faster for me to use the Audirvana search engine, than Qobuz own search engine. If you can switch between light and dark themes, the team changes various things like the font, the space between the lines, the overall presentation of your albums, etc… a bottom bar with playback controls, volume, and even quirky things like a playback quality checkerĬompared to the prior version, Audirvana Studio is a major visual upgrade.a center frame, where all your files will appear, so you scroll and pick your music.Note that Qobuz/Tidal/HRA won’t appear unless you connect your account in the settings a left sidebar, where you can find all your sources, local files/radios/podcast/Qobuz/Tidal/Hi-Res Audio.a top bar with a search console, sort/filter option, and a button to access the app settings.The main screen is divided into four different sections: Once installed, Audirvana behaves like every other music apps, or so. So, after all that talk, it’s time to get into the review. In fact, I even found out that, sadly, one of the albums I bought a few years ago in DSD, was just a simple oversample of the CD version… Shame!

And for each file, the player was able to confirm it what I was hearing was, indeed, a true Hi-Res file, or not. I tried that on three files, an album that I personally ripped, an album bought on Qobuz, and a file that I upsampled, thanks to AIPM3 converter (MP3 256kbps -> FLAC 24bit/96kHz). Once you’ve done that, a new window appears and confirm if the file you’re listening to is a real Hi-Res file, or a scam (aka a fake Hi-Res file).

#Audirvana windows full#

To access it, you have to switch from the full player to the mini player, and then click on the switch, located on the upper left-right. Obviously, the quirkiest feature of Audirvana is the IRCAM Amplify analyzer.