Audirvana Studio

[Musicophile]

Quick summary of several weeks of frequent usage:

 

- Overall, the software works well and is mostly stable (on a Mac)

- A lot of minor UI quirks that I'm not really happy about, but hope for future fixes

- Good to finally have the iOS remote apps, which overall work quite well

- SQ is better than ever, particularly since I upgraded my Macbook to the M1 processor

 

 

[Jud]

56 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

SQ is better than ever, particularly since I upgraded my Macbook to the M1 processor

 

This in particular is important to me, and I agree. Listening with the Windows version now; looking forward to getting a new MacBook Pro when Apple puts out the new line and listening to the MacOS version.

[Dandaman]

On 5/9/2021 at 2:54 PM, DuckToller said:

@damien78

I'm not Damien but it doesn't require M1.

[Dandaman]

Is there a way to search ONLY local files?  My searches are always dominated by Qobuz files.

[Da Horsey]

1 minute ago, Dandaman said:

I'm not Damien but it doesn't require M1.

Nope, the suggestion an M1 Mac would make superior sound with Studio is a fallacy.

The world has enough fallacy (especially Dr. Fallacy). 

[Musicophile]

13 minutes ago, Dandaman said:

Is there a way to search ONLY local files?  My searches are always dominated by Qobuz files.

Agree, that's a really silly feature. Would love to be able to filter research results to local files only. Don't think it's possible at this point.

[Musicophile]

13 minutes ago, Da Horsey said:

Nope, the suggestion an M1 Mac would make superior sound with Studio is a fallacy.

The world has enough fallacy (especially Dr. Fallacy). 

I noticed an improvement switching from my old 2017 intel MacBook Pro to a new M1 MacBook Air. 

 

Now, I obviously didn't do any A/B. And obviously a lot of other things (USB ports, etc.) could have changed between the two machines. 

 

And it could easily be just expectation bias. 

[JoeWhip]

AS sounds fantastic on my 2014 MacBook Air. Best SQ yet from Damien.

[Da Horsey]

1 minute ago, Musicophile said:

I noticed an improvement switching from my old 2017 intel MacBook Pro to a new M1 MacBook Air. 

 

Now, I obviously didn't do any A/B. And obviously a lot of other things (USB ports, etc.) could have changed between the two machines. 

 

And it could easily be just expectation bias. 

Well, you answered your own comment with more detailed thought. Your 2017 could have been creating more problems with other programs running or any number of factors with the USB ports being used, etc.

 

But the upside is you're happier with the new setup using Audirvana Studio so that's cool.

(As an aside, I'm using a 2011 Mac Mini dedicated for my music system and it's great.)

[jos]

I still got a lot of double entries and even more than double. I also had this problem in the former version. Is it still normal to have them (not solved yet), or is there a way to get rid of them?

[jos]

Unfortunately, stuttering is back today. I did sent Damien a new log file. Perhaps it has something to do with rBrain and my old Mac (late 2013/SSD/16GB), but I'm unsure.

[wdw]

On 6/28/2021 at 2:32 PM, bnbayer said:

Yes, that's my concern. They've announced a price of USD $69.99, but this Canadian price is actually 25% higher - about USD $86.33 -  They appear to be using an exchange rate that is nearly 20 years old.  (https://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/exchange/daily-exchange-rates/)

 

Of course, there is no reason for them to even consider the exchange rate. Just make all sales in US Dollars, and let the credit card take care of exchange. Audirvana get their money in US$, and users pay the credit card in their local currency.

 

(If they are charging tax, they are also wrong. Downloads from foreign companies do not attract tax or duties in Canada.)

 

 

 

Agree completely...have sent an email asking them about this, asking for an explanation for this difference.  Ah, the French...reminds of my days when owning my Devialet monos.  (which sounded fantastic)

Just slightly different and unexplainable.

[wdw]

Question regarding Podcasts....happy to have this feature but, as a novice with A+ (have 3.5 and earlier iterations but moved to ROON a many years ago) not sure how to add Podcasts to the Podcast menu among other UI frustrations. 

Have searched for some favorites and they are showing in the search window but I cannot find a link to move/add/save to any menu on the left side panel.  Any advice would be welcome.  

Is the side listed Podcast menu intended to be the listing location for saved favorites and, if so, how do we build up a list on the Podcast page?

[Qhwoeprktiyns]

I tried the new version, out of curiosity concerning Qobuz integration. Navigation features on Qobuz collection are nice. Small improvement would be to navigate on labels as well. Also, as pointed out by someone else earlier, the search function results do not clearly distinguish the source (Qobuz vs Local).  

[wdw]

here's a new one for me

 

[pl_svn]

On 7/25/2021 at 9:05 PM, Musicophile said:

Would love to be able to filter research results to local files only. Don't think it's possible at this point.

 

... can't search local files only in AS? 😳

🙄

[Musicophile]

1 hour ago, pl_svn said:

 

... can't search local files only in AS? 😳

🙄

I haven’t found a way yet. 

[pl_svn]

12 minutes ago, Musicophile said:

I haven’t found a way yet

I wasn't, obviously, blaming it on you 😉

[bnbayer]

I haven't had a response to an email (to contact@...) about the pricing. I will subscribe at the announced price, but not for $20 USD higher, which is what they are charging for Canada.

[twist222]

1 hour ago, bnbayer said:

I haven't had a response to an email (to contact@...) about the pricing. I will subscribe at the announced price, but not for $20 USD higher, which is what they are charging for Canada.

I’m with you on this one. Same problem with an inflated subscription price in Australia.

 

Mark

[wdw]

47 minutes ago, twist222 said:

I’m with you on this one. Same problem with an inflated subscription price in Australia.

 

Mark

Sent the same query a few days ago without reply….suspect they may be revisiting this odd pricing regime but who knows.

still find the UI quite buggy but the sound quality is the best so still on the fence about purchase

[wdw]

9 hours ago, wdw said:

Sent the same query a few days ago without reply….suspect they may be revisiting this odd pricing regime but who knows.

still find the UI quite buggy but the sound quality is the best so still on the fence about purchase

Update from A+

Hello Warren,

 

Your point is obviously a good one, and surprisingly, you are the first one to raise it. So we rechecked our pricing in CAD and you are correct, this is a mistake initially due to a conversion from the European price that included sales tax, of course not intentional believe me. So thanks to you, we are immediately adjusting our CAD price to 89,99 CAD (sales tax excluded) for the yearly subscription.

 

Can you check in your account if you have the proper price?

 

Musically yours,

 

A U D I R V Ā N A

[pl_svn]

terrible Audirvana Studio trial's start: it hanged at "Start synching..." local music files, I guess. so I had to force quit (macOS)

my playlist and Qobuz account were there (not sure if all of my playlists)

 

but on relaunch... both disappeared 🙄

tried uninstalling everything (but the app itself) to no avail

 

how the... hell do I reset AS and make it start fresh so it re-imports my Plus 3.5 library and "settings/data"?

 

btw Damien... what about making it so preferences are saved (*written to preferences file*!) when closing preferences instead of when quitting the app? this "issue" (ok: it only is an issue if/when the app crashes) is there since... forever

 

btw... privileged access for 3.5 owners ends July 31: why? 😶

(given all the bugs/quirks and the long time it took for Remote to be released)

[bnbayer]

9 hours ago, wdw said:

Your point is obviously a good one, and surprisingly, you are the first one to raise it.

I got the same email today. (I wonder how many of us were "the first one to raise it"?) In any case, we're now at a reasonable exchange rate, at least for today (since rates constantly change).

 

I'm on the fence as well: I hate the UI, and have lots of issues with the remote, which is the main way I deal with A+. None of the new features are relevant as I don't stream... But the sound really is a big improvement, so it might be worth the upgrade (now CAD 64.99) to see if we really do get regular fixes from the subscription model.

[wdw]

3 hours ago, bnbayer said:

I got the same email today. (I wonder how many of us were "the first one to raise it"?) In any case, we're now at a reasonable exchange rate, at least for today (since rates constantly change).

 

I'm on the fence as well: I hate the UI, and have lots of issues with the remote, which is the main way I deal with A+. None of the new features are relevant as I don't stream... But the sound really is a big improvement, so it might be worth the upgrade (now CAD 64.99) to see if we really do get regular fixes from the subscription model.

 

wonder if our friends from Oz, if they sent an email questioning these silly payment discrepancies, will get a similar reply:

 

" Your point is obviously a good one, and surprisingly, you are the first one to raise it."  

 

...ooof !