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Roon Core runs on Mac, PC, and Linux, with Room Remote available for Mac, PC, iOS, and Android. Rob Darling of Roon Labs also reports that MQA decoding will come to the Roon music library/file player app, Stereophile's 2015 Joint Accessory of the Year, in a future update. Future integrations will allow for MQA device management with integrated DSP processing.' The software will also include advanced equalization, headphone processing, optional iRC room correction, and support for native DSD (1x/2x).

#AMARRA VS AUDIRVANA FULL#

Amarra 4 Luxe's MQA decoding will allow playback of music up to 96kHz sample rates and, when combined with an MQA-enabled DAC, full unfolding to 4x rates as well as MQA rendering. Sonic Studio's Jon Reichbach reports, via email, 'With MQA decode integration, Amarra 4 Luxe adds support for MQA playback of local MQA audio files and MQA Master files from Tidal HiFi streaming service. The player will have an entirely new look, and include integrated artwork. Amarra 4 Luxe, which is due in May 2017 from Sonic Studio, will support MQA decoding on OSX (10.8+) and Windows (8/10)-based computers for $99 pending final license agreement with MQA.

#AMARRA VS AUDIRVANA UPGRADE#

Cost for those wishing to purchase is $74 for new customers, $39 for upgrade from a previous version of Audirvana Plus, and gratis for those who have purchased Audirvana Plus 2 since December 25, 2016.ДЄudirvana will not be alone in offering MQA Core decoding. Optimal sound quality is achieved with an MQA-enabled DAC, which will continue to unfold the file 'with precise file and platform-specific DAC compensation and management.' Clarification on what all this means follows.ДЄudirvana offers a free 15-day trial version of Audirvana Plus 3. Thus, even without an MQA-enabled DAC, listeners can expect to hear enhanced sound. The MQA Core decoder's initial file 'unfold' is claimed to recover all direct music-related information and make it available for either analog or digital output at 88.2 or 96kHz. is anywhere near as extensive as what Roon currently offers is another matter. Whether Audirvana's latest library management system etc. In addition to optimizing sound quality and authenticating file provenance, Audirvana Plus 3 claims to include 'a complete library management system with full metadata and cover art display' for music that is either stored locally or streamed, and integration with premium streaming services such as Tidal and Qobuz. To quote the press release, issued jointly by London-based MQA and Paris-based Audirvana, Audirvana's MQA Core decoder 'enables the first origami 'unfold' and also authenticates the file using a blue or green light to confirm that the sound is identical to that of the source material.' The recently-released Audirvana Plus 3 has become the first desktop music player for MacOS to include an integrated MQA Core decoder.

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