Using Amarra for Sample rate changing only

[zerung]

I cannot afford Amarra for more reasons than one. I understand that there are two strength (Amongst other) for the use of amarra, first the quality of the sound (Which escapes me ) and the second is the bit perfect sample rate change.

 

Further I understand that Itunes does not bit work in tandem, streaming out bit perfect data whilst changing the sample rate from the control panel - not ignoring the less than desirable interface.

 

What I do use is the demo version of the Amarra at the side, which I use to start the itunes and start the song with the right sample rate selected by amarra, then a few second later I turn off the amarra from the amarra toggle switch, with hopefully bit perfect output and the desirable interface which amarra offers. It follows that I turn on amarra when I want to change the song and loop the workflow.

 

Apologise if this has been noted before.

 

[ted_b]

Does sample rate changes automatically, too, and sounds great. Way better than iTunes sound (i.e no need to keep turning on and off). Your Weiss DAC2 deserves the best.

 

[wgscott]

Get the "unstable" version of Play.app and try that. It does it, for free. Some people claim it sounds better than iTunes. That I doubt, but it is a simple, clean, minimal interface.

 

http://sbooth.org/Play/

 

 

[souptin]

Sorry, but I don't think this will work (if I am understanding you correctly). You need to quit and relaunch iTunes in order for it to adjust to a sample rate change regardless of whether you make the sample rate change via Amarra or Audio Midi.

 

There's an applescript somewhere on this site that helps to streamline the quit/alter sample rate/relaunch process for iTunes. Alternatively you could look at the options mentioned above. Or even, dare I suggest that you set the sample rate to the highest you dac supports - or to an exact multiple of the majority of your music, say 88.2 for 44.1 cd rips - will not be bit perfect, but can work well.