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Hello everyone, I have no interest in Griffin, i just think this is a great idea. Coming soon ... Specs : optical spdif input, Class D Stereo Amplifier, 20 watts per channel into 8 ohms More details @ http://www.griffintechnology.com/twenty

I'm really excited by Damien's announcement about planned iTunes integration. Would Audirvana be THE killer app ? I really like the way Audirvana is engineered, trying hard to deliver the bits out of computer whether it is with minimal alterations (integer mode), or nicely upsampled (now with the Izotope algorithm). Great work Damien. The engine is excellent, but the user experience is poor for those who are used to the iTunes' ease at organizing tracks inside playlists, smart playlists, genre, discographie … it's a pain to go back through the finder to load tracks from directories … It almost takes more time and operations than loading a real CD in real CD player. So IMHO it lacks one of the strength of dematerialized music : instant music library access, and benefits of track management databases. Complete iTunes integration would definitely put Audirvana into the music server market AND it would benefit from the iTunes ecosystem in return (remote apps, and whatever future innovation). Ideas concerning UI ? : users could have the choice between two Audirvana layouts : the beautiful "classic" existing one, or a new "iTunes hookup" layout wich transform Audirvana in a Amarra/PureMusic-like iTunes sidebar. Based on my experience of Pure Music, this UI layout works well : the product remains visible (branding) and users get sound controls and tracks on the same screen. One more idea ? : Audirvana server edition … Keep up the good work Damien, you have gold in your code. Julien

I meant it lacks audiophile software player. You are absolutely right : auraliti.com or sonore.us are very exciting work. I'm also planning to build a linux-C.A.P.S. v2 within the next few month, based on Voyage MPD or even LFS method (http://www.linuxfromscratch.org). I wish it could surpass my actual reference source (Mac/PureMusic) ...

Hello I also tried voyage-mpd, and followed the very good article http://kubotayo.web.fc2.com/voyagempd.html as you did. I tried the tweaks (recompile, switch to OSS ... etc, except memory play) It worked really fine with my HRT Music Streamer II+ async USB dac on an old Intel Atom netbook. The sound is really good and it's free. IMHO Linux is a really interesting alternative because you can compose the system you want, compile only the options you need and get rid of the rest (cf link above). Neither fatty Windows or Macs can compete in this area. This need skills but projects like Voyage-MPD helps a lot. But (please don't get mad about what i'm going to say) after trying both Macs and Linux systems I stay with Mac/PureMusic ... for now. Developers achieve to bring (good) sound to Linux, but it still lacks a great audiophile grade players like Pure Music. With that kind of well-engenieered-audiophile-minded software, I truly believe that this rough stone can be turned into a faceted gem. This is why I bet on Linux for the future of computer audio and why I keep my netbook watching for further experiments Coca

Great news. Hog Mode is back with this new version. Of course it still lacks the integer mode as this feature seems to have been dropped by Lion.