#SWINSIAN UPGRADE#

Outside of cost, I didn't like the playlist functionality (auto-updates to my folders didn't work, filtering a library is an way to interact with music).

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. It is no longer possible to play AAC files protected with FairPlay DRM (those with an m4p extension purchased from iTunes) with Swinsian.Click to claims (in fact, Damien Plisson's own claim) about Audirvana sweetening the sound is absolutely accurate. These can be enabled in the Shortcuts tab of the preferences. You can now use AirPods gestures or the EarPods inline remote to control Swinsian.

Then select a track and click the field you want to edit. To enabled t turn on “Allow Editing Tags in Table” in the “Track Table” menu under the View menu. Swinsian 2 makes it easier to make quick edits by adding the ability to edit tags directly in the table. In Swinsian 1 it was only possible to edit tags in the Track Inspector. You can now specify any arbitrary combination of fields that you want to search in, rather than only being able to search title/artist/album or a single field at a time. The new searching options make searching more powerful and flexible. To enable it turn on “Artwork Columns Shows Every Album” in the “Track Table” menu under the View menu. The art column in the main table has a new mode that means the artwork for each album will always be visible, even if the album only contains a small number of tracks. There’s also now an option to move the Art Grid to the left of the track table instead of above. It’s also now possible to hide the Art Grid control bar to make the best use of limited screen space. For example if the grid is sorted by artist then all the albums for each artist will be grouped together. There’s a new grouped mode where albums are separated into separate rows based on the sorting option used. The Art Grid has been improved in several ways to make it more customisable to fit how you like to display your music. You can either drag bands individually to adjust them, or hold down the control key and click and drag the mouse cursor across the bands to draw curves. It supports either 10 band or 31 band modes. To access the graphical equalizer settings click the equalizer button at the bottom left of the main window.

#SWINSIAN UPGRADE#

Swinsian 2 is a free upgrade for all existing users. The interface allows for more customisation in the way your music is displayed and support for peripherals has been improved. It’s now possible to adjust the audio output using the built in graphical equalizer. The latest version of Swinsian adds some significant new features as well as many improvements to the interface.