In Reply to: RE: Sonic Studio Amarra 3.0 with Impulse Response Correction posted by Mercman on July 31, 2014 at 15:40:56:
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.
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- RE: Sonic Studio Amarra 3.0 with Impulse Response Correction - mitch2 10:42:32 08/03/14 (1)
- RE: Sonic Studio Amarra 3.0 with Impulse Response Correction - Kal Rubinson 15:06:50 08/03/14 (0)