AUDIRVANA DIRECT MODE BITPERFECT MODS
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If you're in the UK or EU, you're welcome to copy what we do in combining both hardware and software modifications.

AUDIRVANA DIRECT MODE BITPERFECT MODS

If you're in the States, Mach2Mini do a nice line in OS mods available on a relatively benign solid state drive, and replacement PSUs can be ordered from Boulder Audio. The aim is simply to prevent the computer from screwing up the DAC and amplifier so that it really does only deliver (a low jitter stream of)noughts and ones - and not a ton of galavanic garbage along with it.

USB Y-cables and isolation techniques are useful here, too. So, removing the fan, optical drive, wireless, and bluetooth for starters - plus adding filters to the onboard HD - plus replacing the onboard PSU - will all reap much greater benefits than software tweaks. If it's a USB animal, it's vitally important to avoid unnecessarily polluting the ground plane shared by the USB cable, converter and computer.

AUDIRVANA DIRECT MODE BITPERFECT PC

There are some advantages to having the OS and data on separate drives, but these are often outweighed by the penalties of those extra drives: a 3.5' HD is a world of noise, and its switch-mode supply worse still!Īll the ground rules of what to do with your Mac or PC are written by the DAC: obviously, if it favours SPDIF, you're into a whole different ball game. If you're using USB for output, it's strongly recommended that you don't use an external USB drive for data. Similarly, upgrading the mains lead is less of a priority than doing something about the primary PSU itself.Īs SQxxx notes, Audirvana+ is the quickest and easiest way to make a Mac Mini more transparent without getting your hands dirty. Generally, you have to get the hardware problems out of the way first to hear what the software is doing. I have tried some expensive cables, but they where all returned, except for my speaker cables which I got a fantastic deal on and they actually improved the SQ. Get a player that manage bit perfect transfering.ĭont spend money on cables, you will probably not improve the SQ unless you have a super high end system.

Invest in a good async USB dac or get a M2tech HiFace and a cheaper DAC. The conclution/recomendation from me being: Most of my music is stored on a media server and is ripped from CD's by myself in FLAC format, the high resolution music is of course bought online. The player forces the MacMini to change based on the source material, and therefore outputs bit perfect signal. This is a must for me since I have music in many formats, from 16bit/44,1kHz up to 24/192. The player uses 'hog mode' so you can play music with different bit depth and rates. I ended up with the Audirvana player because it sounded very good, and I liked the interface. I noticed a considerable improvement when I bought and installed a M2Tech HiFace interface on my MacMini.Īfter that I was pretty much satisfied with the sound quality until just recently when I tried out some different software players.

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