We started from the lowest price to the highest. Decibel has a great reputation so I tried very hard not to be prejudiced against it, especially since it sounded so good. Of course, the trial period may be extended over several days with judicious use. It is a no-brainer to download as it serves as an excellent introduction to the great capabilities of this type of software.ĭecibel, with the shortest lasting trial period of 24 hours was also the least convenient to use with iTunes. Each one can be download directly from the manufacturer for a fifteen day trial period, with the exceptions of Decibel which has a 48 hours of usage trial period and BitPerfect which is so cheap they don’t think you need a trial period. Here is the software we used listed in order of ascending price: BitPerfect, $10 Fidelia, $19.99 Decibel, $33 Amarra HiFi, $49 and Audirvana Plus, $49. If music is still the goal then we leave the enjoyment of listening to speaker wires and cables to others for the moment. What we want to get across is that a glorious analogue type musical experience awaits you with very little cash outlay. The MAC Mini’s DAC is quite good and will do for our purposes now. Of course, an outboard DAC can often improve the sound but it also adds significant expense. A few selection have been uploaded from cherished CD’s. Most of the music we will use as source material has been purchased directly through the iTunes music store. We are going to do our listening through excellent monitor headphones an are going to use the built-in DAC of a late-model Mac Mini running the Mountain Lion operating system. There are other more expensive software but they do not sound that much better. We are going to compare some very reasonably priced, but state of the art, computer software that works in conjunction with iTunes to significantly improve its sound quality.
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