Tony Larkin

This worked for me as well. It took two days but, once the syncing was complete, I was able to use - to remove the directory I did't want to sync.

I've tried highlighting / and selecting the - button in Preferences, thinking that would stop sync on that folder, but it doesn't seem to have any impact. The folder still shows as Syncing.

Hi, just upgraded to A+2.05 on a Mac Mini running Yosemite. My iTunes music is stored on a WD My Book connected by firewire. When I was setting everything up, at one point I got a pop-up telling me: The following folders contains your iTunes library music, they could be set as synched folders for automatic future synchronization: / I wanted to use the A+2 music manager so I chose "Add folders to synchronisation". Which, of course, was a mistake because my music folder is actually /Volumes/My Book/iTunes Media Folder. By selecting the root /, I have wound up with the A+2 library full of tens of thousands of sound clips and random sound effects from the various games running on my Mac. I have since selected the My Book folder to be added to the library in my preferences but I don't know how to remove the files from root directory. I've tried highlighting / and selecting the - button in Preferences, thinking that would stop sync on that folder, but it doesn't seem to have any impact. The folder still shows as Syncing. Any idea how to stop from syncing a folder and delete the non-music files?

Hi, I was wondering what the sampling rates displayed on the A+ icon mean. I have 2 songs in iTunes. The first is an MPEG, sample rate 22.050 kHz, bit rate 64 kbps according to iTunes. A+ echoes that in the data shown on the left and also has DAC:24/96kHz Stereo on the right. I'm using a Schiit Modi, which goes up to 96000.0 Hz but Forced Upsampling is set to None in the A+ preferences so I didn't expect to see a higher sampling rate than the source file. The next song is AAC, sample rate 44.100 kHz, bit rate 256 kbps. A+ shows AAC (262kbps) 16/44.1 kHz Stereo on the left and DAC: 16/44.1 kHz Stereo on the right. Why does A+ seem to upsample the MPEG but not the AAC? Why is the bit rate for the second file slightly different to that shown in iTunes?

That's a great point, thanks for bringing it up. I'm listening through Audirvana so I assumed that any limitations in iTunes wouldn't apply but I didn't think to check. I've now used Audio MIDI Setup to change the Format of the Schiit USB Audio Device to 96000.0 Hz from 44100.0 Hz. However, it seems that Audirvana does set it automatically. When I start an AIFF song (88.2 kHz) in Audirvana, the setting in Audio MIDI setup changes to 88200.0 Hz without any input from me. I think I do prefer 256 kbps over 128 kbps but I cannot really explain why. I suppose that, since the advantage of adding a DAC was so obvious on listening, I was kind of expecting the bit rate effect to be equally obvious. They're demo files from Gimmel, two of each song, for the express purpose of demonstrating the value in paying more for the higher res version so I had hoped that they really were hi res but I cannot prove it. They've removed the links due to traffic limits. I've emailed to see if they'll forward the samples. I'll let you know how it goes.

Hi, I'm new to the world of digital audio and, having noticed that I cannot tell the difference between low res and high res, I was wondering if you guys could critique my setup. Specifically, is my equipment even capable of outputting the high res sound or am I one of those people who cannot hear any difference above 256 kbps? I have a Mac Mini connected to a Schitt Modi DAC via USB. That connects to a Schitt Magni amplifier and I listen on Beyerdynamic DT880 600 ohm headphones. The songs are stored in iTunes but I use Audirvana Plus to play the songs when listening on headphones. When playing to speakers, I use airplay to connect to stereo speakers connected to an Airport Express. I listen mainly to Classical and have a mixture of CDs ripped to iTunes (Apple Lossless, 44.1kHz, bitrates typically > 256 kbps) and songs purchased from the iTunes store (AAC, 44.1kHz, 256 kbps). The DT 880's sound resolution is better than the Bose or Audio Technica headphones I was using preciously, the DAC sounds better than playing straight from the Mac Mini and I also think that Audirvana sounds richer than playing straight from iTunes. So I was starting to appreciate the whole digital audio thing. I decided that the next logical step was to start looking at high res files and I downloaded a couple of songs (The Tallis Scholars) in both high res (Apple Lossless, 88.2kHz, 2464 kbps) and normal (Apple Lossless, 44.1 kHz, 612 kbps). However, when I listen on headphones, I don't hear any difference. Have I reached the law of diminishing returns (I'm not going to hear the difference without starting to spend thousands of dollars on audiophile equipment) or am I missing something (maybe the Mac Mini downgrades everything to 44.1kHz?) I'd appreciate any advice.