Official OS X Yosemite Thread

[AnotherSpin]

The same people that are saying that itunes is a PITA are defending A+ witch is areal PITA and a program that needs a lot of work. Look at the first 36 pages on this forum.

All the things you ask from Damian are already included in iTunes for years.

 

 

I understand that we need a more open system to play DSD and flacs, and samplerate switching, There is a app for that: A+ 1.5**.

Sorry guys give it a try and don't defent a programm that is iMO beta wile you have something that works and dont looks like a windowsprogam from the Win 95 era.

 

 

I like Yosemite icw iTunes and A+ 1.5.10 and i hate A+ 2 standalone version.

Philippe

 

They defend A+ just because it was developed by one person and hate everything that was developed by more than one person.

[Le Concombre Masqué]

o yes he did ; with 2 your player is linked with a db management sw, every file is proxied, and i sure can hear a difference

 

It isn't magic. In fact, he didn't change the playback part of the software. Perhaps your perception is influenced by your dislike of the new interface.

[Aryoh]

already in 10.9.5 sq get worse, especially with Audirvana, Yosemite is little better, but for me 10.9.4 is for now best sounding version with all players.

[wgscott]

o yes he did ; with 2 your player is linked with a db management sw, every file is proxied, and i sure can hear a difference

 

I'm sure you can't hear a database.

 

In fact, that is an extraordinary claim, which requires, to paraphrase Carl Sagan, an extraordinary amount of evidence.

 

The burden of proof is squarely on your shoulders.

 

Please prove that you can.

 

Can you also here the difference between database sizes?

[wgscott]

Little side comment: if you're like me trying to find the full screen button in the upper right corner: it's gone, and replaced by the green button in the "traffic light" on the upper left corner of the window.

 

This was one thing I never really understood why they haven't introduced this years ago.

 

It is retrospectively obvious, but it is also nice to maximize a window without full-screening it. (You can do this holding down the option key).

[goldsdad]

with 2 [...] every file is proxied, and i sure can hear a difference

 

On the contrary, A+ 1.x used proxies for iTunes database management of non-Itunes compatible files, whereas A+ 2.x requires no proxies for its database.

[Musicophile]

How about instead of getting into yet another pro/contra A+ 2.0 discussion we get back to the topic of the thread?

 

Has anybody noticed any SQ differences between Yosemite and Mavericks?

 

I subjectively believe to have heard an improvement between ML and Mavericks, but obviously didn't A/B. I didn't have enough time yet with Yosemite to make a judgment.

[Le Concombre Masqué]

well, you wrote the sq could not have been affected ; a file accessed via proxy is different from a file played directly. Whether you hear the difference is not my concern ; but anyone who tries 2 vs 1.5.X in playlist mode can prove to oneself that the access to the file is different.

 

 

 

I'm sure you can't hear a database.

 

In fact, that is an extraordinary claim, which requires, to paraphrase Carl Sagan, an extraordinary amount of evidence.

 

The burden of proof is squarely on your shoulders.

 

Please prove that you can.

 

Can you also here the difference between database sizes?

[miguelito]

Seems to be all of Europe (too)

 

We americans are not sure if you can afford it anymore.

[elcorso]

Downloaded from Aquinostan without problems, my Split Personality (from K-Pax) confirmed the same.

 

Not yet installed on my Mini music server. If somebody under Mac Asio drivers / Decibel / exaSound DAC already installed it, please let me know if it runs correctly under Yosemite (not talking about SQ).

 

BTW, I can't find any SQ differences between Mavericks's versions. Maybe I'm getting old, but at 92 in K-Pax you still are a kid (the same in Aquinostan).

 

Thanks,

 

Roch

[Musicophile]

Discovered one major downside of Yosemite: without SSD, boot times are extremely slow. More than 1:20 before the computer becomes usable. I don't think I'll be switching off my computer often.

 

Anybody else having the same problem?

[wgb113]

Has anyone that uses BitPerfect installed Yosemite yet? Any issues?

[Aryoh]

I have ssd and boot time is much longer than with Maverick, also for the boot USB disk you need double size (8GB for Maverick 16 GB for Yosemite), i returned to 10.9.4. for me much better SQ

[tosh]

Jesus guys,I don't understand you anymore.

First of all: i work with Yosemite as a betatester and i have it on my Mac mini for a couple of months and it works without a hitch.

Second iTunes is the best looking and most complete music-database there is. The same people that are saying that itunes is a PITA are defending A+ witch is areal PITA and a program that needs a lot of work. Look at the first 36 pages on this forum.

All the things you ask from Damian are already included in iTunes for years.

 

 

I understand that we need a more open system to play DSD and flacs, and samplerate switching, There is a app for that: A+ 1.5**.

Sorry guys give it a try and don't defent a programm that is iMO beta wile you have something that works and dont looks like a windowsprogam from the Win 95 era.

 

 

I like Yosemite icw iTunes and A+ 1.5.10 and i hate A+ 2 standalone version.

Philippe

 

I completely agree with PhVL - that has been my experience too.

 

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2-Channel System - Music Server OS: Mac OS X 10.10 (Yosemite), MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM, Audirvana 1.5xx and iTunes, USB DoP, Thunderbolt External Hard Drive. Source: emm Labs TSDX CD/SACD Player. DAC: emm Labs SE DAC2X. Preamp: emm Labs SE Pre2, Pass Labs XP-30, BAT VK-53SE. Amplifier(s): Pass Labs X600.5 x 2, Sanders Magtech Stereo. Loudspeakers: Sound Lab Millennium-1 PX with new Toroidals; 2 REL Gibraltar-1s. Interconnects: emm Labs Optilink, Analysis Plus, Voodoo S/PDIF. Loudspeaker Cables: Analysis Plus, REL BassLine Blue. Power: Shunyata, Synergistic Research, Analysis Plus.

[Raym87]

We americans are not sure if you can afford it anymore.

 

While its a freebee we will grab it with both hands. Have you never heard of the Maltese breast stroke

[wgscott]

well, you wrote the sq could not have been affected ; a file accessed via proxy is different from a file played directly. Whether you hear the difference is not my concern ; but anyone who tries 2 vs 1.5.X in playlist mode can prove to oneself that the access to the file is different.

 

Try memory play. If your problems persist, at least it rules out "proxy" vs. "direct" (whatever the hell that means).

 

Getting back on topic, I have noticed with 3 computers now their name changes from computer to computer (2) to computer (3) etc.. every time it wakes from sleep. I can work around this by having my Airport Extreme issue a static IP address, but this seems like a basic flaw (and is a bug I reported during beta testing).

 

Anyone else have this?

[Le Concombre Masqué]

i don't know if you're right but I'm happy I won't upgrade (cause I'm lazy when happy) my SD card then

 

I have ssd and boot time is much longer than with Maverick, also for the boot USB disk you need double size (8GB for Maverick 16 GB for Yosemite), i returned to 10.9.4. for me much better SQ

[audiventory]

I tests it several hours but while all work enough fast and stably.

[wgscott]

The beta releases for this OS update in general have been much more stable than the non-beta initial stable releases for 10.7 and 10.8. (10.6 and 10.9 seemed to have been good, if memory serves).

[pj]

Not yet installed on my Mini music server. If somebody under Mac Asio drivers / Decibel / exaSound DAC already installed it, please let me know if it runs correctly under Yosemite (not talking about SQ).

 

Apparently one of the changes is that kernel extensions must signed or they won't load in Yosemite. If you rely on third party drivers for DACs or other hardware it's worth checking that they have drivers (or workarounds) for Yosemite available before upgrading.

[freesteve]

After upgrading my iMac to OSX Yosemite I am even more impressed with AudiophileInventory and the dsf upsampling. Thank you Yuri.

[mevdinc]

I have upgraded to Yosemite without any problems.

It boots just as fast, and Audirvana+2.0 sounds fine.

[exa]

If somebody under Mac Asio drivers / Decibel / exaSound DAC already installed it, please let me know if it runs correctly under Yosemite (not talking about SQ).

Thanks, Roch

 

The exaSound drivers for Mavericks work fine on Yosemite. Several customers have emailed us that their upgrades worked without any glitches. We haven't seen any issues with Decibel and ASIO.

[AnotherSpin]

Boot time (macbook air and mac mini) is ok. Everything seem to work fine.

 

HQPlayer sounds even better than with Mavericks. Didn't check the sound of Amarra Symphony and A+ 1.x yet.

[Russell_L]

Has anyone that uses BitPerfect installed Yosemite yet? Any issues?

 

Installed Yosemite last night and running BitPerfect 2.0.1 right now. Seems to be OK so far. (And it's sounding very good!)

 

Russell