Whether he means "fully" or "partially" is unclear. However, on that thread, Tuckers claims that it is only with Sonic hardware that Core Audio is bypassed. I would say it still leaves room for some "mystery." One thing-and I think krmathis you or someone alluded to this earlier, i.e., that the demo reaches deep into the system files for parts of its installation-that I had preliminarily concluded is that there is some level of bypass of Core Audio, but there is enough info here and on AudioCircle to suggest that it is not a complete bypass. Read through the full thread, and related ones including here. There is an extensive discussion of Amarra over on AudioCircle: Originally Posted by BobMajor /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm sure that within a few years I'll feel I have to upgrade to one of Steve's more expensive options. He changes the best he offers more than once a year so the bar is constantly being raised and if you have to have the best then it can get quite expensive.įor now I'm content with my EA Offramp Turbo 2 into CI-Audio VDA-2 DAC. I almost think that if he found somebody else's equipment that was somewhat better than his that he would buy it for his own use and redouble his already extreme focus on improving the sound he gets from his own systems. Steve Nugent at Empirical Audio is constantly checking on what gives the absolute best sound. I recently bought a ridiculously expensive USB cable for my system (Ridge Street Audio Alethius! cable) and it tremendously improved the performance. You can get spectacular performance from some systems at a fraction of the cost of equivalent sounding CD players. The whole field of computer audio is in dynamic flux. I think the general take on this is that Amarra if it is inplemented perfectly is somewhat better than the PC's best implementation. I've been following this discussion on AudioCircle but can't say that I fully understand all the technical discussions that have occurred there.
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