Audirvana Studio

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$50 fee for actual Audirvana 3.5 users is only for the first year of your subscription.

From year 2 on your costs will be $70.

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Nobody can convince anybody here to take a different position.

Best way is to take the offer Audirvana made: Free trial until end of July 2021.

Then we see if Audirvana Studio is worth $70 ($50 first year). This is what I do.

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I think we don't value audio software appropriately.

We spend lots of $ on hardware, but we hesitate to buy software which might cost lets say 100$ a year or a bit more.

But we spend whatever k on a Dac or any other equipment without thinking too much.

Then I have seen kind of a shit storm during the Audirvana presentation last Sunday. Because they move to a subscription model for $70 a year. I have difficulties understanding that.

I think the actual prices for audio software are really cheap, especially compared to hardware.

I will go for Audirvana, costing $70 a year. I consider this a real good value for customers.

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I don't give up yet. There are problems with Dac recognition (MolaMola Tambaqui), sometimes it works, most of the time not.

I have no database issues as I use Audirvana for HighResAuudio streaming only. But then there are lots of bugs in the streaming environment too. Example: You can't favorite an album. Ok, too many bugs to list them here.

I wait until the end of the test period. If nothing fundamental changes, I am out. This has the feel and the bugs of an early beta.

I don't want to pay a sub fee, only to become a beta tester.

I think it was an error going public too early and asking a yearly fee for a software simply not ready in any way.

 

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Version 1.2 is a good step in the right direction.

High Res Audio streaming is more stable (much better than ever before in 3.5)

Now I look forward testing the remote, which will be here soon (hopefully).

Errors with Dac recognition and stability need still to be addressed.

I am more optimistic now.

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7 hours ago, RickB68 said:

It's now possible to subscribe to Studio (Settings/My Account - Manage Your Account), but I don't see how you get the discounted price of $50 for the first year for 3.5 owners. I only see the $69.99 price.

As a former registered user I see a price of $49.99. If you don't see that, you should contact Damien.

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17 hours ago, Jud said:

Yes, seems to happen (to me, anyway) after a fair amount of time (at least several tracks or albums) playing normally, not initially.

Happens here too. After about 10 min, hick ups start. I don't use up sampling.

I have a powerful win 10 PC, which has no issues with HQPlayer and Roon.

 

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It's no big deal. Just follow the instructions and add a PC restart after you uninstalled Audirvana 1.3.

The whole process takes just a couple of minutes.

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Remote does not work for HRA streaming.

HRA is ok when played directly from the Mac.

Remote works for Qobuz.

I use an IPad Pro to control the Audirvana Studio remote app.

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2 hours ago, The Computer Audiophile said:

 

This is important as you've rightly identified. 

 

Roon has grip on this area of the hobby and needs more competition. The better Audirvana Studio gets, the better off we all are and it will make all apps in competition better. 

Fully agreed. That’s exactly why we need to support Audirvana.

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I decided to take year 1 with Studio as a beta run. @Dandou I suggest you do the same.

I want Audirvana Studio to grow to stability. We need an alternative to Roon. Therefor I keep supporting it.