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In Reply to: RE: Pure Music or Audirvana Plus? posted by learsfool on May 03, 2015 at 20:44:46
Well, I don't think you can go wrong with either player. And, as I recall, both of them offer free trial periods. If you get Audirvana+ on trial, spend some time getting used to it, and if you don't fall in love with it, then take the demo tour of Pure Music before you commit.
With everything in AIFF, you can keep everything in iTunes and interoperate with either player just fine.
Your system looks lovely. I like the idea of the Cornwalls driven by the PrimaLuna. I auditioned the Rega Apollo at one point and thought it was very involving. I still use my Rega P3 (with a Dynavector 20XL) to play my (thousands) of LPs and I've always had a good impression of their gear overall. I may move up one of these days
Will you be getting a DAC? Strongly recommended compared to just using the DAC in your computer, although you can get started that way as well.
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Hi flatmap - yes, I have already purchased a DAC, I bought that little Audioquest Dragonfly thing - works great!
I didn't realize that those programs offered a free trial, I hope that is indeed the case, that would be very helpful!
I am about to get a new Exact 2 on my P5 next week, actually - I was thinking of trying the Dynavector, but despite having more output than the typical moving coil, it is still too low for my Bellari, and I am not ready to get a new phono stage at this point. That little Bellari works great with the P5 and the Exact cartridge.
Thanks again for the advice!
Oh right, the free demo is a great thing. Both companies offer a 15 day free trial.For Pure Music click the "Demo" button at http://channld.com/puremusic/ .
For Audirvana+, agree to the terms (en francais) and then download at http://audirvana.com/?page_id=3397I do recommend trying both if you have the time and inclination.
I have both installed and have no problems running them -- of course, one at a time! I'm also using the Audioquest Dragonfly on my MacBook Pro Retina with 8 Gb of RAM. The Dragonfly can handle the 'native integer mode' streaming mode option, which I always use on both of these players. You'll find Audirvana preferences also give you the choice of "Integer mode 1" and "integer mode 2". You'll want to try both to see what works best for your system and ears. I went with mode 1.
On the Rega, I chose the Dynavector strictly on the dealers recommendation and have enjoyed it from the get-go. I use it with the Dynavector P-75 phono stage in 'phono enhancer' mode to account for the cartridge's output level. Really quite sweet for the price. In the evenings, when I'm at leisure, I listen to records and all is right with the world.
Edits: 05/05/15
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