Qobuz tracks through Audirvana smoked the Deezer tracks. I prefer using any built-in app and I like the choice of using a control app or the actual remote control for the receiver. I have mine connected to my Onkyo receiver using both HDMI and a 3.5mm to RCA analog cable connected from the headphone jack of the mini just to see what would be sent out without a little external DAC in the chain.Īnyway, started a free trial of Deezer lossless since my Onkyo has a built in app for it. Unfortunately, Apple no longer includes an optical output port on the mini. So, I can see what is supported from the HDMI connection, the 3.5mm headphone jack and UPnP via ethernet using a Mac mini M1. Audirvana will detail the abilities of the connected device's DAC. The biggest issue of all was audio output and I'm calling out Apple on this one which seems to happen often this days. Of course, results will very depending on one's hardware but I did have some issues as the look and feel have changed and it took a bit of time to get familiar with it all. I might get Tidal again at 3 bucks for 3 months through Bestbuy just for more comparisons. I'd already used up a free trial of Qobuz and went ahead and paid for a month of it at $14.99 which isn't terrible as every other service I am currently using is free right now. Because it is a new version, I was still able to get a 30 day trial to check it out. The newly revamped control app showed up on Monday so I decided to give Audirvana another try. As well as the look, they have ditched the old purchase model and are now a $5.99 per month service. Audirvana has now ditched it's old look and come up with Audirvana Studio. It worked well enough but I had issues I didn't quite understand at the time. Anyway, tried Audirvana 3.5 and then let it go. Ok, so no love for Audirvana around here it seems.
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