Audirvana is also only two activations (hate this, I have three Macs I use often and another two I use occasionally). 5 version update! Audirvana is on v3.5 which makes about €310 laid out for buyers who started with v1. Personally, I decided that I didn't like the price and the constant paid updates (competitors do not do this Swinsian was a single €21 purchase, Calibra a single €8 purchase, Decibel a single $33 purchase, Fidelia a single $39 purchase. But whatever the Audirvana is (and likes the special sauce in this case, albeit he usually wants bit perfect), it's not bit perfect.īTW, I'm not an Audirvana owner or a fan, just own most of the competitors and have trialed intensively several versions of Audirvana. There's also a tiny boost in a key treble range (my guess is around 8kHz or 10kHz), giving "more detail" or resolution to the Audirvana sound. What's special about the Audirvana sound is slightly greater stereo separation, creating a "wider" soundstage and more air/atmosphere. Audirvana sounds different, arguably "better". They are all bit perfect in standard configuration and hence identical. I haven't tested Bitperfect only because I never use iTunes but from reports it falls into the same group. Swinsian, Calibri, Decibel, Fidelia all sound identical on music which they can play back at native resolution (Decibel doesn't handle all bitrates of DSD).
In my opinion, he's been quite successful. Damien has chosen to offer "better" sound. To be able to differentiate from other players, Audirvana has to either add features which others don't have or Audirvana has to be cheaper or Audirvana has to offer "better" sound. Audirvana has been on the market for years. It's not that Plisson cannot provide bitperfect output – he can. Click to claims (in fact, Damien Plisson's own claim) about Audirvana sweetening the sound is absolutely accurate.
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