12/4/2023 0 Comments Pure music vs audirvana plusWe currently are working using sporadically available and limited reliability emergency generator power, and it may be several days to a week before power and normal operations are restored. OctoTo our loyal Customers: Our operations have been disrupted by the destructive Hurricane Sandy, the worst storm to hit the Mid-Atlantic States in 50 years. Special Advisory Statement - Hurricane Sandy Pure Music 1.9 will be released on October 30, 2012. Pure Music 1.9 includes over two dozen performance enhancements and new features. Now, let's see if I can find a good price to purchase Amarra =) Don't know how to explain it, but PM sounds a bit 'flat' in comparison. Yet at the same time, the sense of emotional connection and musicality is preserved. In short, with Playlist mode on, the details and ambient cues akin to PM came back, but with less grain and harshness, esp on the highs. Will not go into details on what it does, can find this online. Then I discovered this thing called Playlist mode in Amarra. I liked the musicality of Amarra but missed the sense of detail that PM brings. So it appeared to be a toss up between the two. Unlike PM with external plug in for EQ, which emits very bad crackling distortion when playing anything above 24/96 with EQ plug in. Best thing is, it works on all files up to 24/192 on my mac mini with no issues. The Amarra Sonic EQ works well, and is pretty transparent to my ears. I can understand why there was feedback that Amarra might be better for vocals/jazz while PM for classical especially orchestra music. However, it does sound more 'musical' or emotional. It does not however, emphasise details and ambient cues as much as PM. Initial impressions are that Amarra is smoother, more pleasant sounding. Just a short comparison of Amarra vs Puremusic (with 'Less is More' mode). Ok, so I downloaded a trial version of Amarra Full. The problem is that C2D processor is too slow nowadays for the type of processing required for your required EQ processing. Go buy a new I7 2011 Macmini, restore back the Mach2music customised OSX on there and you will be free of your CPU processing problems. I remember that you are still using the old Core2Duo processor for the Mach2music server. Nevertheless, there is a good chance that with EQ integrated, the overall CPU loading of Amarra will be lower than Pure Music with EQ. I recall reading somewhere that Amarra may have a smaller CPU footprint vs Pure Music but I'm not sure if this is still the case. However, if EQ isn't a requirement then no issues with playback of hi-res files. My own experience is that the latter can become a CPU hog, so much so that I have problems playing any file above 24/96 without crackling distortion. But again this is personal preference I guess.įor me, another interesting aspect of Amarra vs Pure Music is that the higher versions of Amarra has built in EQ while Pure Music requires installing 3rd party EQ software as a plug-in. I think one of the biggest pluses of computer music is the convenience of playback and selection of music, so to me this is like taking a hit in the very area where I think computer music has the biggest appeal. Maybe it's me but I find the need to toggle back and forth between 2 interfaces - iTunes Remote App AND a VNC app - just to change a track, is a bit of a pain.
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