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Solrighal

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Re: Media Players and iTunes Alternatives
« Reply #80 on: August 14, 2015, 06:37:25 PM »
Quote from: Azteca X on August 14, 2015, 06:23:44 PM
I was moving too quickly on my way to my lunch break - Modern Cards is what I use.

lol.

I noticed there's a new Dark Version of Modern Cards out but I can't get it to work properly in OS X so far. It's only at the Beta stage though so I'll wait.
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Re: Media Players and iTunes Alternatives
« Reply #81 on: August 14, 2015, 11:25:51 PM »
Quote from: Azteca X on August 14, 2015, 04:10:02 PM
Also, this is a solid improvement in the meantime: http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=74434.0

Yeah I used the MetroX one for awhile.  I don't like the white backdrop (preferring "dark" themes) but you can get that darker by fiddling with the settings to get that color inverted or something like that (been awhile).  I think I remember them removing all or some of the skin editing options they used to have.

Basically, I'd like a Tidal or Spotify kind of look. 
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Re: Media Players and iTunes Alternatives
« Reply #82 on: August 14, 2015, 11:42:29 PM »
Yeah, it can all be changed when you know where to look. Dark suits me too but not black. That's too much.
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Re: Media Players and iTunes Alternatives
« Reply #83 on: August 15, 2015, 04:29:16 AM »
Not sure why Musicbee doesn't get much love, but I love it.
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Re: Media Players and iTunes Alternatives
« Reply #84 on: August 16, 2015, 01:10:06 AM »
I gotta say, the latest Audirvana+ is really good.  Great SQ and very few bugs/annoyances.  Newest release introduces a remote app for iPhone/iPad. (have not tried but the forum reviews are favourable)

IMO and after trying out all the alternatives (Pure Music, Amarra, VOX etc..) it's the best choice on OSX with everything else a pretty distant second.
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Re: Media Players and iTunes Alternatives
« Reply #85 on: August 16, 2015, 01:33:44 AM »
Chris beat me to it. I have used Amarra for 3 years and I used to get the occasional glitch e.g. songs being "stuck" a la a stylus stuck in a groove on vinyl. Switched to Audirvana + and has been very smooth thus far. SQ has improved not too subtly and more of a spacious engaging sound.
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Re: Media Players and iTunes Alternatives
« Reply #86 on: August 16, 2015, 01:52:03 PM »
It's 2015, we have dual and quad core PCs, a music player shouldn't have hiccups when playing back a track.

Edit: Jesus christ, ESPECIALLY if your software costs $75.
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Re: Media Players and iTunes Alternatives
« Reply #87 on: August 16, 2015, 02:21:28 PM »
It drove me nuts. I bought the Wyrd, used it with the Bifrost, then Gungnir, then Yggy. tried it with the Geek XFI. The odd song would have the problem.
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Re: Media Players and iTunes Alternatives
« Reply #88 on: August 16, 2015, 02:28:35 PM »
You know what I've never had playback issues with? Every media player I've ever used. But winamp, iTunes, wmp, musicbee, foobar, or media Monkey. Sounds like a crummy app if you ask me.
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Re: Media Players and iTunes Alternatives
« Reply #89 on: August 16, 2015, 03:15:42 PM »
I was using MediaMonkey and Foobar when I was running Windows, but now that I'm using OSX I use Clementine. I don't like it was much as the former two, but it does the job and it was the best player I could find for free. It does stutter sometimes though. I also notice that my Geek Out gives me a lot more volume in Windows 7 than it does in OSX. And it doesn't give me any weird noises in TCM filter. My audio experiences with OSX have been disappointing, to say the least.
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