Computer front end advice - NOTE Acronym Free Zone

[Sloop John B]

Thanks for the kind offer.

I don't think my laptop has USB 3 but I'm sure my daughter's one must and she's heading off for the summer.

Would I be able to access music on a USB drive also attached to the laptop?

SJB

[nige2000]

Thanks for the kind offer.

I don't think my laptop has USB 3 but I'm sure my daughter's one must and she's heading off for the summer.

Would I be able to access music on a USB drive also attached to the laptop?

SJB

No problem

Usb3 stick works fine on usb 2

And yes

[jaybee]

Hi, my names Johnny and I.......


I don't know how to put this..... so I'll just come out and say it....

I don't know what MQN is!


seriously though, if I have a pathological aversion to windows; what's the current best practice for Mac playback?

[jkeny]

Jaybee this reminds me of a TV ad that used to run on Irish TV for the Financial Regulator with the tag line "I don't know what a tracker mortgage is"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l74083zafAM

An alternative version here :)

To answer your q the best audio software on Mac seems to be Audirvana, I believe

Edit: I forgot to add that one of the reasons why Audirvana is considered good is because it can use Direct mode or Integer mode. I know you didn't want to get into any technical stuff but these modes are a more direct/optimised internal pathway for the digital audio signals - which is very similar to what MQN is doing on the PC (but MQN is doing this optimisation in a much more effective way)

[nige2000]

Last time I checked it was audivarna
Much better than amarra at the time

Neither is a patch on MQn or even JPlay

[jaybee]

thanks lads...

will investigate!