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Offline orson

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Reply #15 on: February 27, 2015, 11:50:10 AM
ITunes can rip to lossless too. If your CDs are in good condition the results are good. If not - XLD is better.
As Doc said - try the apps and see which one fits your bill in terms of sound and usability.

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Reply #16 on: February 27, 2015, 01:37:50 PM
Yes, you just set iTunes to rip to aiff. Amarra sounds far better than iTunes to me.

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Reply #17 on: February 28, 2015, 02:47:18 AM
So I can rip in iTunes using AIFF and then playback through Amarra?

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Reply #18 on: February 28, 2015, 05:32:09 AM
Yes.

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Reply #19 on: February 28, 2015, 06:10:11 AM
Thanks for the help. I might need more when my mini comes in and I get ankle deep in software.

Butch Gross
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Reply #20 on: March 04, 2015, 04:07:29 PM
Which version of amarra to buy? The 35$ amarra hifi or the 99$ amarra? Getting my mac mini ready for the impending bh dac!

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Reply #21 on: March 09, 2015, 08:18:30 AM
The verdict is in, I went with JRiver. I tried Amarra and could not figure it out being the computer neanderthal that I am. My son is an Apple certified tech so he transferred all I needed on my PC to the Mini. I have JRiver on my PC so I downloaded the Mac version. Once I get some playing time with JRiver I will give Amarra another try for the reasons given on this thread. The important things is I am listening to music!

Butch Gross
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