BITPERFECT 2.0 FULL

(Although BP was initially available for $5 and saw a significant price increase recently, it is still the cheapest option for MAC). Obviously the low price of BP is attractive for somebody not quite convinced yet of the value of advanced playback software. The app does its work quietly in the background. Once on, use iTunes as if BP was not even active. BitPerfect does not require any complicated setup (although some options exist, the defaults will give the best results). Its presence is betrayed only by a small icon on top of your screen. It requires nothing more than double-clicking on the app to activate it. BitPerfect can be downloaded from the Apple app store for $9.99 (of note is the innovative marketing trick of $9.99 pricing to avoid the clearly over-the-top $10 price tag). preload tracks to memory to avoid disk activity during playback). Of the four programs it is the only one to not offer memory playback (i.e. As its name implies, it ensures bit-perfect iTunes playback, bypassing a number of internal OSX processes especially the unwanted up/down-sampling that can plague iTunes. Since I also happened to have purchased BitPerfect and Decibel over the past few years, I decided to invite those programs to the party as well.

I put that reviewer hat back on and forget about this entire silliness of listening to music for pure selfish pleasure.

BITPERFECT 2.0 FULL

Now equipped with a full license to the latest version of Audirvana I was in business to get seriously comparative. This review page is supported in part by the sponsors whose ad banners are displayed below

Bitperfect 2.0