musiclover_mac

The installation of Amarra 2.2 is easy, the new authorization was without problems. But for me, the sound is a little different from Amarra 2.1. The mid-highs are harsher (this I dislike) and the bass is leaner (this I like). Amarra is still not able to play gapless - or I did not find any solution to play gapless. As I don't need 384 kHz sample rate and don't see any advantage of Amarra 2.2 compared to 2.1, I think I stay with Amarra 2.1 and wait for Amarra 2.3 or later - with really gapless playback. Nevertheless I like Amarras sound!

I agree with Dj_AmTrax. But also with OS in 32bits and installation from scratch with Amarra 2.1.1 I had small drop-outs every 2-3 minutes during playback. I checked the activity monitor and found every time when a drop-out occurs network activities. I disabled the network, but the activities (and some very small drop-outs) remain until I unplugged the network cable (I already have deactivated Airport). Now, with all network activities disabled and the network cable unplugged, I have no distortions like drop-outs anymore. Another point: for the update of the track display in the playlist window, it is important that the filename has max. 30 characters (There is a remark about the lenght of folder names in the FAQ "My song does not play", but about my experiences it is also valid for filenames, and there is also a remark in "known issues"). Otherwise the track display will not update and the playlist window shows always the same track title. If I use a saved playlist, the display update does not function too. I have to drag and drop the tracks in the playlist window. But: The sound of Amarra 2.1.1 remains for me still better than Pure music and AyreWave.

After installation of Amarra 2.1 I found that playing with cache gives me gapless playing, but the sound seems to me like damped or like filtered by a piece of cotton. So I switched back to play without cache. What are your experiences? Thanks musiclover_mac