![]() I already know that Amara Symphony is overkill for me, and I had simply decided to get the Amara, when I noticed the references to Amarra Sq and Amarra Sq+ The issue I am having is that there seem to be so many different versions of Amarra, that I'm already feeling confused and a little dizzy trying to figure out which version or versions to buy:ġ. Newbie here: I am a user of Audirvana plus, and wanted to try Amarra, because I just got Tidal, and it seems Tidal supports some form of Amarra. Note, this applies to both Amarra 3.0 and SQ/SQ+ Before, the bass would sometimes feel flat and one noted, or as if it was running out of headroom. Now that I got used to it, it's far easier on my ears and sounds a lot better with a proper punch. Apple has improved their handling of digital audio since Mountain Lion and Mavericks (same as Yosemite), but it's still not Amarra level.Īt first when I did this it felt as if the sound was softer, but had more details. This has held true in all of the OS X so far. Another reason to use Amarra's volume adjustments, instead of Mac's own is because it doesn't result in audible sound quality loss like the latter. After a lot of experimentation, I have found that maxing all digital domain, except for the final player's audio, results in the best sound. I know we have been told in the past to run all digital domains at 0 db (or line out), but it apparently isn't the best from a theoretical standpoint. By knocking it down even 0.5 db, the distortion gets reduced a lot, even if it is audible or not. I wouldn't advise running any music besides classical at 0db in the digital slider of either Amarra programs because of the source compression.Įven JDS Labs recommends setting digital volume to just a bit below 0db. ![]() I monitor my tracks once a while to make sure they are in orange/yellow red zone for me but not maxing. If it goes into the red zone, it's okay as long as it doesn't keep slamming the top of the bar. With Amarra SQ, I can easily monitor and see if there is clipping. So you shouldn't feel insecure about digital reductions or not being so called bit perfect. Unlike the old Audirvana players, digital volume reduction in these players are very good and I don't feel any differences. With bass boost settings, I knock it down to -4 to -6 db because at 0dbs or even at -2bs sometimes, you will get clipping or nearly max out. In Amarra 3.0, I knock it down -1.0 dbs on my FLAC stuff as it's less compressed and I know that no levelling or normalization is taking place. So, with most music, especially on Spotify (whose volume is also maxed out), I run Amarra SQ at -2 dbs on the slider. I run it on flat SQ almost all of the times. (Assumption: Under system preferences: your mac built in volume is maxed out, sonicstream is maxed out, volume to DAC is maxed out.) -> I can easily notice 0.5 to 1.0 db EQ changes on my HD 800. Next, try to make 1-2 db changes to areas where you need further refinement. Try playing with the stock presets first and see which one you like the most. In Amarra SQ+, you can do it graphically or physically select the type of slope and rate of cut off you want. In Amarra SQ, I can change it graphically. You might want to play around with those settings. ![]() Amarra SQ and SQ+ have a dedicated EQ setting for the LCD-2 and LCD-3.
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