levandier

Hi Damien, I have a couple of requests regarding the search function. Is it possible to have the legacy view filter include artists and album artists in its search results? Also, with the new complete library search function, when I choose to view tracks, the tracks are listed in random order; albums seem to be listed in alphabetical order. Is it possible to organize the search results sorted in the same way as tracks/albums are sorted in the full library by using the View Options sort criteria? Thanks!

I'm really enjoying this new version, it's so much faster! A few things I've noticed: I can't seem to change the album artist field using the metadata editor when in tracks list view. The legacy search/filter mode only seems to search the track, album and comments fields when in track list view (it doesn't search the artist and album artist fields). It does search artist and album artist when in album view. When I use the new complete library search and select tracks, the results are shown in random order - attempting to sort the tracks using the column headers doesn't work and the Show View Options menu item is greyed out. I LOVE the new ReplayGain feature! For convenience it would be nice to have a keyboard shortcut so if I have an album selected in album view mode I can hit the shortcut to calculate the ReplayGain values rather than have to find the album in the ReplayGain menu list.

I've also settled on A0 with my idsd micro. I was getting a stutter at 5 sec. but turning off integer mode per Jud's suggestion seems to have solved the problem for me.

Sold

I am selling my UpTone Regen Amber purchased in May 2015. The Regen is in like new condition and includes original packing and all accessories. You will need a EU Plug cable to connect the SMP power supply as the original package only included a US cable. Asking price is $145 (or best offer) including shipping costs to EU Countries and PayPal fees.

Hi Damien, thinking ahead to the microRendu which I'll probably buy later this year, is there a chance you will beef up Audirvana's server functionality to allow it to work better with the microRendu? I know that Audirvana can stream audio via AirPlay, but unless I'm mistaken, AirPlay is limited to 16/44 and doesn't work with DoP. Could a UPnP/DLNA server or NAA functionality be in Audirvana's future?

Range: Micro Model: iUSB2

I've been playing around with izotope settings a fair amount recently and I've come up with two sets of settings I like. The first that I use most often: steepness - 24 cutoff - .95 (or even .9525) preringing - 1 And then the second set I use when I'm willing to trade a bit of air for tighter transients: steepness - 20 cutoff - .83 preringing - 1

Hi Miska, why do you prefer 24-bit rather than 32-bit PCM?

I would love the ability to save izotope resampler settings as presets and then associate them with different sample rates in the custom resample rates dialog box, so I can, for example, have Audirvana automatically upsample redbook files to 384khz using one preset but upsample 24/96khz files using a different preset.

Yes, it's safe to use the ipad Remote since A+ bypasses iTunes playback. BTW, if you're technically minded, here's a great thread about MBIT+ dither with contributions from Alexey Lukin, the creator of izotope MBIT+ dither and SRC: Flat Dither Question Mbit+ - Page 2 - Gearslutz.com For my ears and my system, I definitely prefer no noise shaping which has the lowest amount of total noise, as opposed to noise shaping which has more total noise but pushes dither noise up to high frequencies where it should be less noticeable. I also prefer high dither level which completely eliminates quantization distortion and noise modulation (normal dither level allows for some small noise modulation).

I also use A+'s digital volume control. A while back I spent a fair amount of time playing with the various dither settings and I ended up sticking with Noise shaping-None and Level-High (or in other words, plain old fashioned TPDF dither) precisely because in my system, it gave me the most open sound with plenty of air. Have you tried playing around with the A+ dither settings to see which sounds best in your system?

Here's a piece from Fremer when the RSD mono vinyl pressings were released last year: Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" Monophonic Reissue From Sony/Legacy: An Analog Planet Exclusive! | Analog Planet "Wildler and Berkowitz recently decided to do another and perhaps final 3-track KOB transfer: to DSD, to 192/24 bit PCM (and probably other resolution digital) and at the same time, a two-channel stereo and a mono mixdown to analog tape. The two channel mix down will most likely be the source of a Mobile Fidelity stereo reissue coming later in the year as part of that label's Miles Davis stereo vinyl reissue project." Maybe the HDTracks is sourced from the analogue 2 channel mix down as well? Edit: I see it's sourced from the 24/192 archive transfers of the 3 track: "Since the Kind of Blue mixed masters are multiple generations from the original (due to excessive play/wear), we decided to go directly to the original session reels. Not only does this put us at the original session as a starting point, but it also allows us to deal with the pitch issue as well. The three, 3-track half-inch tapes are in good condition, but age has force them to “scallop” a little, meaning that the edges curl away from the tape head. This changed the initial focus from mixing from the originals to archiving them before mixing and working from the archive files. This allowed us to gently guide the tape against the playback head to get optimal contact and fidelity. The archiving was done at 192kHz/24 bits, played from a modified Ampex ATR 104, and hard-wired to HDCD Model 2’s directly patched to a Lynx 2 sound card. An upside to working from the archive files was the ability to chase the original fader moves done during the mix in 1959. We constantly compared to an early pressing - mono and stereo - and worked bar by bar to duplicate the level moves on the three tracks to match as well as possible. Each channel was converted to analog and passed through a GML mixer, bussed to stereo or mono - depending on the release format - and converted once again to 192Kc/24 bits. At the GML, we inserted processing where needed.” – Mark Wilder, Battery Studios

I'm glad it worked! The settings are just for DSD - the picture below shows what you're dealing with when you playback a DSD file with multistage conversion to 352.8kHz: See the massive amount of unfiltered high frequency DSD noise? Not good. SACD players filter out that noise with a 50kHz low-pass filter. (From Stereophile: "In the SACD "Scarlet Book" Sony and Philips mandate use of a 100kHz low-pass filter in SACD mastering so that when the playback volume at standard DSD level is equivalent to 100W, the noise component "outside the audible sound spectrum" is 1W or less. In addition, SACD players must low-pass-filter their analog output above 50kHz.") To filter the HF noise with A+ you can use izotope as a low pass filter as it does its downsampling. Playback at 176.4 with simple decimation makes sure izotope downsampling is active (no downsampling with izotope is necessary with 352.8kHz playback), and a cutoff of .5 filters out noise above 44kHz give or take (176.4 sample rate -> 88.2kHz nyquist * 0.5 cutoff). Maybe Damien should add a 50kHz low pass filter after decimation to avoid this problem?