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Today, 01:18 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread New Album with the Keith Jarrett Standards trio released on May 24 in Music in General

Yes, and recorded in Switzerland. You just wonder what took them nearly 4 years to release this, I know the Swiss are a bit slow in general, but this...

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Yesterday, 11:09 PM

Musicophile replied to a thread JRiver Media Center on Mac in Software

You may be better off on Mac platform if you make switching for people easier. Maybe this could be a functionality to be included in the future.

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Yesterday, 09:07 PM

Musicophile replied to a thread JRiver Media Center on Mac in Software

I would start using it more often if there were a way of importing my star ratings from Itunes. Is there any way of doing this?

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Yesterday, 07:42 PM

Musicophile started a thread New Album with the Keith Jarrett Standards trio released on May 24 in Music in General

ECM 2200 You can already listen to it on the site. I suppose my credit card will soon be in use again. Hopefully they'll release it in high-res.

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Yesterday, 09:02 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread 2 new high-res Jazz piano trio releases on Qobuz worth checking out in Audiophile Downloads

He has a classical background. There's some interesting reading in an early interview he gave some years ago, before starting his own group: Blue...

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Yesterday, 08:52 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread Amarra HiFi Preload Tracks Problems. in Software

There's a reason why we have the unofficial support thread for Amarra on this forum.... But joke apart, I think it is symbolic of Amarra in...

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Yesterday, 06:41 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread Amarra HiFi Preload Tracks Problems. in Software

Yes, that's a bug in the little script file. I have the same on my computer, so for fresh installs I just manually delete the preferences file. ...

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Yesterday, 06:32 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread Do you ever like an album enough to listen to it again immediately after finishing it? in General Forum

I want variety. I may listen to the same album maybe exceptionally a second time in a given week, but otherwise there's a reason why my library is...

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Yesterday, 03:50 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread Izotope SRC in Software

Don't worry, you clearly weren't the only one. I've already seen many on this forum reporting differences on the Audirvana filter settings without...

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05-21-2013, 03:56 PM

Musicophile replied to a thread Amarra HiFi Preload Tracks Problems. in Software

I only got Amarra rather recently. But indeed, Itunes became at least from memory in my perception somehow more sluggish somewhere beyond the 80k-90k...

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05-21-2013, 01:32 PM

Musicophile replied to a thread Amarra HiFi Preload Tracks Problems. in Software

Yes, iTunes is not made for this kind of combined size.

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05-21-2013, 01:20 PM

Musicophile replied to a thread Amarra HiFi Preload Tracks Problems. in Software

What's your library size? With a much smaller test library I created during the support session on my otherwise identical machine pre-load was only a...

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05-21-2013, 11:00 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread Amarra HiFi Preload Tracks Problems. in Software

Doesn't work unfortunately, preloading any album still takes 5-10 minutes no matter what I do. This is the response I got after a more than 1h...

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05-20-2013, 01:56 PM

Musicophile replied to a thread Where to start? in General Forum

If you want to avoid upgrading your laptop, something around these lines could be a way to start. Most people on this site wouldn't call this...

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05-20-2013, 11:31 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread Where to start? in General Forum

Souptin raises a good point. I'd probably try to maximize the Zeppelin first, which the could of times I've heard it didn't sound bad for an all in...

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05-20-2013, 11:09 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread Where to start? in General Forum

The aux port is for a line level signal, so an external amp would be useless. I'd recommend going for a DAC like the Meridien Explorer,...

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05-20-2013, 10:34 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread Where to start? in General Forum

I don't think pimping the Zeppelin with an external amp will be the way to go (or even technically feasible for that manner). If you go for a...

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05-20-2013, 09:53 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread "DG's first app, »Beethoven 9«, is now available on the App Store..." in General Forum

This is not something I'd get for the SQ, although it is actually half decent via my in-ears. I got it for all the multimedia features like live...

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05-20-2013, 09:48 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread Strategy for Hi-Res music playing in General Forum

Bob, You may want to reread the posts above. There is no need for Audirvana in the setup at all. You just need to convert the files into...

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05-20-2013, 09:21 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread Amarra HiFi Preload Tracks Problems. in Software

Pre-load never worked properly on my machine, often taking >10 min to complete. I've had a long session with Amarra Support, and it turned out it was...

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05-20-2013, 05:52 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread "DG's first app, »Beethoven 9«, is now available on the App Store..." in General Forum

I'd expect MP 320 max, as 4x Symphony No. 9 complete plus 1 full video (of the Bernstein recording) plus all the rest of the multimedia animation...

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05-20-2013, 05:02 AM

Musicophile replied to a thread What is your personal reference audiophile recording (best sound quality)? in Music in General

Really nice stuff posted here. There's many I fully confirm, and even more others I still need to discover.

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