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Amarra 2.3.4310

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Amarra ... The audiophile quality computer music player for the most discriminating enthusiast. As computers play an increasing role in our home computer based music system Amarra's superior sound quality can improve the sound of your music playback.

What's New

Version 2.3.4310:

New User Interfaces
Fixes for metadata in FLAC files
Fixes for Orpheus Device
Fixes for RME Babyface
Many more improvements and fixes

Known Issues:

DSD conversion is not working at this time (will be fixed in maintenance release).
Drag and Drop from iTunes does not work using Mac OS X 10.7.
The main window will show an incorrect graphic when minimized.
When Minimized (from iTunes) the graphics are incorrect when opened. Resizing the iTunes window a few pixels will fix this.

Artwork:

Amarra 2.3 uses the following rules for managing Artwork. In general Artwork is not consistently handled by many Music Files.

Artwork is stored in "/Library/Application Support/Sonic Studio/Artwork"
When in "Amarra" mode, Amarra will ask iTunes for the Artwork for the currently playing Track. Amarra will then create the artwork file and store it in the Artwork Folder. The artwork file is named using the Artist and Album names
When in "Playlist" mode, Amarra attempts to read the Artwork from the Metadata in the file. Many FLAC files have artwork, most AIFF files do not have the artwork in the metadata, WAVE files do not support artwork.
Amarra currently does not look in the folder where the file resides.
We will continue to improve this in future releases.

Version 2.3.4310:

New User Interfaces
Fixes for metadata in FLAC files
Fixes for Orpheus Device
Fixes for RME Babyface
Many more improvements and fixes

Known Issues:

DSD conversion is not working at this time (will be fixed in maintenance release).
Drag and Drop from iTunes does not work using Mac OS X 10.7.
The main window will show an incorrect graphic when more...

Requirements

PPC / Intel
Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later.
2 GB of RAM.

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Flavum commented on 04 Mar 2012

That screen shot is *killer*. Where's my wallet? ;-)

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Almegalli reviewed on 21 Dec 2011

Get SRS iWOW and turn on iTunes Equalizer ( play with the Equalizer setting to suit your taste ) .. and voilà......I guarantee you a better results.

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Robotank replied on 15 Feb 2012

That statement is so hopelessly inaccurate. You may be right that casual music listeners with lossy MP3 and AAC music files would prefer iTunes/iWow doctored sound, or notice no benefit from Amarra. On the other hand, no $300+ music player is targeted at such users. Amarra is an audiophile/professional grade app, and it is quite well regarded in the audio community. Read up on what benefits players like Amarra actually offer before posting a hair-brained comment like that.

Almegalli replied on 17 Feb 2012

@ Robotank
I did read about Amarra and my opinion here is actually based on my experience with this app. Quite frankly I think you guys are targeting rich naïve boys only, Reminds me of an $1000 App for the iPhone it was called ( I Am Rich ).

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Robotank replied on 17 Feb 2012

It seems to me that Amarra is really only targeted at audiophiles and professionals. For example, the app description reads: "The audiophile quality computer music player for the most discriminating enthusiast." It's hard to make a value judgment on something if you neither need nor understand its benefits. For comparison, take Adobe Creative Suite. It's very expensive and would offer little benefit to anyone who doesn't require professional-grade design and production software. There are audiophile-grade music players for $50 and under (i.e., Audirvana Plus, Decibel, BitPerfect) that offer similar playback quality to Amarra but lack some of its advanced features. Amarra is a niche product, not a scam. I doubt you'd earn much status by owning Amarra, except among audiophiles who probably own it anyway.

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Holypoly commented on 26 May 2011

MASSIVE price drop! More than 60 % OFF now!! ONLY $295!!! Hurry...

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Espiridion replied on 26 May 2011

LOL. I do wish they had a price drop :)
This is the same price that Amarra MINI Computer Music Player has had. In contrast, Amarra Computer Music Player is $695 and their Firewire Audio Interface is $3995.

Thommmy40 reviewed on 17 Sep 2010

Hi there..
I tested the demo with my ENSEMBLE DAC and my high resolution speakers. The difference is so small that it´s more a kind of phantasie. The EQ works perfect ! Congratulation. Why does AMARRA not work with the DVD Software ?

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Fivver commented on 31 Mar 2010

The price can't be $995. That's gotta be a typo. I'm sure they meant $9.95.

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Bedouin commented on 10 Mar 2010

Soo . . . what does it do exactly?

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Ean replied on 11 Dec 2011

It puts green magic marker on the edges of your CDs.

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Hello. tipped on 09 Mar 2010

Demo time...

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Studiodave56 commented on 09 Mar 2010

And it's not even April 1st.

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Sebuchen commented on 09 Mar 2010

You're kidding, right? This software costs almost as much as a Mac and it only improves sound quality? I don't think so. I can buy a pretty top of the line brand of music amp for this price. I wouldn't be holding my breath if I were planning on making any money from this little adventure.

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