Kane D Williams

I just don't like iTunes, so Amarra is no good for me. If a piece of software is decoding a file and passing it bit-perfect to an external DAC, how can one piece of software sound different from the next? What is the mechanism for that allows the resulting data to be different?

VOX seems stable to me, interface is simple and elegant. DSD playback now possible with conversion to PCM but no DoP yet. Feel like my purchase of Bit perfect was a waste of money. VOX also coming to iOS soon.

This Peachtree X1 looks and sounds from the specs a lot like the Matrix X-SPDIF. Could it be the same device rebadged? I have been considering the Yulong U18 as well as the Matrix and NuForce. According to one retailer who sells both the Yulong and Matrix, the U18 is the better, even though it's cheaper. Btw, the NuForce is more expensive in the UK than the US by the sounds of it.

I wonder which sounds better the X6 or S1 and how they compare to the QLS660?

The Ibasso DX50 is meant to be great too and is cheap. The Filo X3 and X5 are other options. However, Aune X6 & S1 seem to be direct competitors to the QLS QA660.