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Have you presented them with a nice plaque?

Eloise

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...in my opinion / experience...

While I agree "Everything may matter" working out what actually affects the sound is a trickier thing.

And I agree "Trust your ears" but equally don't allow them to fool you - trust them with a bit of skepticism.

keep your mind open... But mind your brain doesn't fall out.

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Well done and well deserved. Keep up the good work, Damien. Looking forward to the plug-in support: Papa needs some digital room correction.

 

--David

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Office: Mac Pro >  AudioQuest DragonFly Red > JBL LSR305

Mobile: iPhone 6S > AudioQuest DragonFly Black > JH Audio JH5

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with version 1.3 this player deserves product of the year. with 1.4.6 this is best Player all around!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congrats

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Indeed, to those of you had tried A+ in the past and settled on some other s/w for Mac playback, I urge you to give version 1.4.6 a spin. Use "integer Mode 1" and the iZotope upsampling engine (set to "Powers of 2" upsampling). It may be hard to go back after that. I have a great system, but A+ has been a total game changer for me.

Lost in the music in the mountains near Yosemite...

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Well done and well deserved. Keep up the good work, Damien. Looking forward to the plug-in support: Papa needs some digital room correction.

 

--David

 

Even support for a single AU (at a time) would be a huge plus for a great player.

 

Consolation prize: 5-band (or more) PEQ.

 

Bob

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@Bob (untangle): All programs I've seen that support AU plugins support multiple plugins, so I presume A+ 1.5 will too. To get N-band PEQ, you can cascade N instances of a 1-band PEQ plugin, such as the one built into OS X.

HQPlayer (on 3.8 GHz 8-core i7 iMac 2020) > NAA (on 2012 Mac Mini i7) > RME ADI-2 v2 > Benchmark AHB-2 > Thiel 3.7

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He only calls me "Prof." when I am in trouble.

 

I'm trying to learn English abbreviations, Professor. For example, sometimes is hard to me to follow: BTW, BS, WTF, FYEO, etc. etc. If I translate this to my mom (still alive) she could punish me. I was also (years light ago) a Professor, for Financial Analysis in the U.C.R. (my country main state university), and I was very proud when my students called me "Profe", the abbreviation for an "Profesor" in Spanish. Now I'm only a humble Bonsai Master, or trying to be..., but please don't call me Ma!

 

For the record, I am a HUGE Audirvana fan.

 

I have no doubt about. Who couldn't be?

 

Best,

 

Roch

 

PS/ My other problem is to follow (North) American jokes, since our (latin) sense of humor also differ.

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PS/ My other problem is to follow (North) American jokes, since our (latin) sense of humor also differ.

Don't worry... I have problems following American jokes cause I speak English :-)

Eloise

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...in my opinion / experience...

While I agree "Everything may matter" working out what actually affects the sound is a trickier thing.

And I agree "Trust your ears" but equally don't allow them to fool you - trust them with a bit of skepticism.

keep your mind open... But mind your brain doesn't fall out.

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Forgive my ignorance of mac things. This player appears to be software and the picture looks like a specialised piece of equipment. What is the picture of? Is it a special device that houses a Mac?

My system is totally unsuitable for my needs. This remains true every time I change it.

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Forgive my ignorance of mac things. This player appears to be software and the picture looks like a specialised piece of equipment. What is the picture of? Is it a special device that houses a Mac?

The picture shows the software's user interface which is modelled to look like a CD player or similar...

Eloise

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...in my opinion / experience...

While I agree "Everything may matter" working out what actually affects the sound is a trickier thing.

And I agree "Trust your ears" but equally don't allow them to fool you - trust them with a bit of skepticism.

keep your mind open... But mind your brain doesn't fall out.

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I'm using a Wyred 4 Sound Dac-2. When I try Direct, a dialog box says the device cannot be used with Direct.

 

A work-a-round? Some ideas?

 

Thanks,

 

G

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