garysan

As a pretty happy A+ user for a year or so now I wondered how far JRiver MC had come along as far as sound quality output goes in comparison. I'm using iTunes as my management tool and integration works well but it's still two programs after all whereas JRiver would be just one and arguably a better file-management tool than iTunes. Interested to hear peoples thoughts?

I'd like to see a proper explaination for some of the above too actually. I came on here rooting around as to why/what it means when in the confidence line it says something like 34/650? Does this mean that my RIP on this given day/time matches 34 out of 650 rips in the database?

I've also had this on a couple of occasions. Very slight but definitely there and then no amount of scrolling or clicking will force it again!

I'm with him. I didn't like the interface, dialogue boxes, etc. Thought it felt really Mac OS9. Much prefer the A+ interface.

I never said you were. Jud mentioned them and my post (#1299) was in answer to his.

....... I was referring (as a whole) to why a 'clean install' of Windows runs better/faster than one that has had programs installed, removed, files moved, deleted, etc. Why do people jump all over one sentence without taking the whole posting into consideration? On a standard hard drive, this is the very definition of a fragmented drive and will slow an average machine down considerably as it hunts and pecks for bits of files, bits of swapfiles, etc. Regarding your mention of unused prefs files in MacOS - yes they are left behind when you just drag an app you don't want anymore into the bin and delete it but as they are only accessed by *that* app and not by MacOS itself, they pose as much of a threat to system degradation as a 1k thumbnail image that you never look at. Like I said above, this is only part of why a Windows' system performance degrades over time/when you use it. Other factors are malware, viruses, etc. but to further discuss these things would drag this thread further off-topic which isn't what I want.

Mac OS is not Windows. The necessity for a 'clean install' is not really important or relevant as there is no 'Registry' carrying around loads of junk for apps/programs that you don't have installed anymore or .dll library files that load at boot time (also superfluous as you uninstalled the program 6 months ago, etc). MacOS by its very nature is better at general housekeeping (defragging) then Windows is hence why the OS itself doesn't have or need such utilities. I've had Windows systems that slowed down gradually over a year or so and required a 'clean install' as they became basically unusable but my last Mac had the same install (upgraded every now and again with new versions of MacOS but upgrades, rather than clean installs) and this ran for nearly a decade before the main board developed a fault.

Using Xcode 4.5.2 and ML 10.8.2. I am using USB as my DAC is async.

YMMV I guess. I've installed xCode and allowed it to do its update thing. I still have the hiccups issue unfortunately...

This could be interesting as I would guess that the developer of A+ (Damien) would have XCode installed and if he's struggling to replicate the issue.... Could help things along if he is indeed having any trouble seeing the problem first-hand.

What version of A+ are you running and are you using Direct/Integer mode? I believe the hiccup/dropout issue was introduced at 1.3.9.10 - not heard of anyone having it in the previous versions. I came on board at about the same time as 1.3.9.10 was released so have no real experience of the earlier versions.

I'm about the same as this... (also on ML 10.8.2).

Well, my trial period has expired so I've taken the plunge and bought a full license - I hope that Damien manages a full fix for this hiccup issue soon (please). Fingers crossed.

I thought I had answered your initial question that you've highlighted in red/bold above...? As to the second one (in red). I really wouldn't worry about it. Server drives are spinning 24/7 for years and years and I suspect they'll be just as many people say that having them spin up and down frequently would shorten their life rather than prolong it vs the people that would say just keep them running...

You need to make sure that Spotlight has it excluded (within Spotlight options) so it doesn't try and index/search it and also make sure Time Machine doesn't have anything to do with it as well as having the option to 'Put hard disks when possible' ticked within 'Energy Saver' settings. Hope that helps, Gary.