Here are a few great-sounding albums (all available as hi-res downloads) that I'd put on my list of desert island discs:īob Marley: Legend (you are on a desert island, after all)Ībout a year ago, I grew concerned that my entire life's savings of music-some of which is irreplaceable original music from the various bands I've been in-was all in one place, so I looked to the cloud for a backup/disaster recovery solution. If you're looking for suggestions on high-quality audio recordings, check out the reviews on our sister site,. Primephonic, HiRes Download,, B&W's Society of Sound, Acoustic Sounds, Chandos, and Blue Coast Records.
#BITPERFECT FOR MAC DOWNLOAD#
Hi-res music files are available for download from a number of websites, including: , This was important when storage was expensive, but now storage is plentiful and cheap. To get the highest quality, you will want to avoid lossy formats like MP3 (Moving Picture Experts Group Layer-3), AAC (Advanced Audio Coding), and OGG (Ogg Vorbis, the name Ogg derives from the jargon word ogging) that sacrifice audio quality for file size. DSD is the Philips/Sony system used to create the SACD (Super Audio Compact Disk) format, while MQA is a very clever codec that compresses the relatively little energy in the higher frequency bands to make the files smaller while retaining a hi-res result (it's also a good format for streaming services). Hi-res files may be offered in the FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec) or AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format) format, as well as DSD (Direct Stream Digital) and MQA (Master Quality Authenticated). We all know that your system is only as good as its weakest link, so I started with either 24/192 or 24/96 FLAC files. Opinions will vary on what constitutes hi-res audio, but I set my sights on resolutions equal to or better than 24-bit/96-kHz. Many people prefer to use an external drive because loading up your main hard drive with music files can potentially slow your computer's overall performance, especially when you get to the end of your drive's storage limits. I store my music library on a 3TB Seagate external drive. The process starts with ripping or downloading music files directly to either your Mac's internal hard drive or an external drive, or designating a cloud site for your file storage (more on this in a minute).
#BITPERFECT FOR MAC MAC#
I recently decided to set up my Mac in this way, to deliver hi-res throughout the signal chain-from my music library, to the player, to the DAC, to my preamp, amp, and loudspeakers (or preamp to headphones). Finally, BitPerfect loads your music files into high-speed RAM memory and plays them from there, eliminating file I/O during playback.If you own a Mac, you already have a high-resolution media file server at your disposal, with very little tweaking required to pass high-quality audio to your audio gear. Third, BitPerfect supports ‘Integer Mode’ playback, which many audiophiles believe is the most accurate playback mode of all, provided your DAC supports it, and only if your Mac is running Snow Leopard (or until Integer Mode is supported under Lion/Mountain Lion). Second, BitPerfect automatically recognizes and handles the audio stream’s bit-depth and sample rate, and performs any conversions that may be necessary for your DAC to play the music – even if iTunes can’t. This so-called ‘Hog Mode’ means that only the music you select to play – and absolutely nothing else – is played back through your hi-fi system. These instead are directed to the computer’s sound card (or wherever else you want them sent). First, it isolates the music output directed to the audio DAC from all of the beeps and burps that computers seem to insist on producing from time to time. As a result, you will be able to listen to your tracks at the highest quality possible.īeyond its audio engine, BitPerfect provides a number of additional features that we consider essential to audiophile playback. Is able to work with iTunes and provides a bit perfect rendition of your audio files.
2,316 downloads Updated: OctoCommercialware. I have been testing it, and not only does it work fine with BitPerfect, it also fixes whatever was causing the problem with “Minimize iTunes Interaction” mode that occurred with iTunes 12.4.0, so BitPerfect users who prefer that mode of operation can feel confident enough to try enabling it again.
#BITPERFECT FOR MAC UPDATE#
Today Apple released update 12.4.1 for iTunes. The app is developed by Tim Murison and its user rating is 5 out of 5. It is a perfect match for Players in the Audio & Video category. The latest version of BitPerfect is 3.2 on Mac Informer. Be that as it may, we created BitPerfect as a vehicle that encapsulates nearly everything we know about optimizing the sound quality of audio playback on the Mac platform. How and why these principles can affect what is always ‘bit perfect’ audio playback remains a matter of speculation and, in some quarters, outright skepticism.
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