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RE: Fidelia -- A New OSX Music Player

Quick comparison this afternoon on my travel rig:

iTunes 10.1.2 on a MacBookPro with AIFF files.
CEentrance DACPort via USB to AudioTechnica ESW 10 JPN

I compared several songs A/B, which was easy. I maxed all software volume and kept the same volume on the DACPort (not perfect, but I said quick)

I found the same songs via Fidelio were much better than straight iTunes. I was listening to bluegrass mainly. The Fidelio produced tones that truely came right off the instrument strings, greatly more so than iTunes. I did run one 24/88 file through: Beekman's Toccata. Again you could see the organ pipes, and the notes were just better shaped.

Of course I still need to compare to PureMusic on one of my main setups before I will commit.

Thanks for bringing the link here, was a fun exercise, and I was pleasantly surprised at how much difference there was.


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