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Do any of you know whether this is an improvement over their current product? There is special priced until next Monday but it is still pricy with $124 of the cost going toward a XTZ calibration mic. Any feedback on this upgraded player or the benefit of the iRC(b)?
Zero response at A'gon so I am hoping maybe someone over here has experience with this.
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IRC is an implementation of Dirac Live Room Correction Suite. If you Google Dirac Live, you will find more information.
Thanks Kal,
From a cost standpoint, Dirac Live is $521 while for $424 I can get the Amarra 3.0 player, an XTZ mic and the correction software.
Outside of cost, I am still curious as to how Amarra 3.0 sounds, compared to both other players and the previous version.
You can find out what many (including me) have to say about Dirac/IRC but I have no experience with Amarra because it won't do multichannel.
Thanks again Kal, I will look into the available info on Dirac/IRC before making a decision.
I have enjoyed the sound of Pure Music through its Memory Play/Less is More mode with upsampling to 88khz but Amarra's room correction is said to sound good also.
I believe Dirac is limited to 96/24. Amarra using Dirac Live supports up to 384/24.
I haven't tried it yet, but I have it. Someday soon.
Support for 384/24 would be one reason to try the Amarra version of Direc Live. Unfortunately, and surprisingly, this question has received no direct responses either here or on Audiogon.
When I tried Amarra, Pure Music and Audirvana Plus as trial versions a little over a year ago, Amarra was dry sounding through my system compared to Pure Music, which was the most musical and best sounding player of the three. I did play with the equalizer in Amarra at the time but still did not enjoy the sound as much as I did through the Pure Music player.
I recently tried a frequency sweep using the Stereophile Test Disc 2 and by ear I found pretty even response from my system/room, from the lower midrange through the treble with a minor/slight suck out at about 80-100 Hz, which I should be able to easily fix by increasing the range of my sub.
Although I know Steve Nugent likes the full Amarra version, and uses the EQ to room correct at shows, if it is that good a player I would have expected more response to my question. I suspect there is more to the players than EQ and there must be some reason I liked Pure Music best in my system. Considering the cost of Amarra with iRC and the mic, I am inclined to either keep using the Pure Music version I already have, which I play using their memory play and less-is-more modes, or maybe upgrade to their recently released 2.0 version for a fraction of the money I would pay for Amarra with iRC and the XTZ mic.
Thanks Kal for the heads up on Direc, which can be used with Pure Music.
Re: "Thanks Kal for the heads up on Direc, which can be used with Pure Music."
It can also be used with Audirvana Plus and JRMC/Mac and both in MCH.
Dirac is promising 24/192 to appear soon but, for me, multichannel is essential.
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