![]() ![]() When I deem BitPerfect ready, it will be sold (with Apple's blessing) via the Mac OSX App Store. ![]() I'll try to remember to post new version notifications here as well as on head-fi. You can read the history of BitPerfect's development (it was originally called BetterSound) at head-fi.įor the moment, updates are distributed through Google Docs. If you run into any of these problems, feel free to point them out here, or e-mail me at It should work quite well for a lot of people, but not all hardware is supported and some hardware / system configurations might trigger odd behaviour. Support for high-res music (I've tested up to 24/176.4, I haven't got any higher-res tracks than that!)īitPerfect is still a beta quality product. Memory playback (configurable buffer sizes up to 2GB) Upsampling/downsampling via CoreAudio (power of 2 only as an option) Support for FLAC (via Fluke or other 3rd party iTunes plug-ins) Support for all CoreAudio file formats (m4a, mp3, aiff) It does not attempt to be all things to all audiophiles ![]() It is designed to use sensible defaults out-of-the-box to minimize time spent fiddling to get the best settings. I think BitPerfect could learn from the Audirvana business model: offer a free trial first before you ask customers to buy. BitPerfect strives to be the simplest possible iTunes driven audio player. BitPerfect does not have all the advanced features of PM or Amarra, nor any fancy UI - this is by design. BitPerfect is designed to be a simple audiophile quality iTunes "plug-in" similar to Pure Music or Amarra. Apple will surely develop its own Lightning-to-USB-C adapter to cover its billion+ legacy devices out there, but perhaps there is an opportunity for something better too.Īs for existing third-party USB-C DACs, that could well be one less adapter (and bit of bulk) required for them to fit into a new iPhone – that is, if Apple allows them to play ball with iPhones from a software and power current point of view, which has been a hurdle for some supporting iPhones in the past.I've noticed a few threads talking about BitPerfect, so I figured I should introduce myself and create a place for discussing features, bugs, questions, answers etc. Perhaps the ‘Apple DAC’ pot is already brewing, waiting for the USB-C switch. That said, the switch to USB-C could have indirect implications on how we consume higher-quality music on iPhones.Įver since Apple started offering hi-res streams on Apple Music, we have wondered why Apple hasn’t cashed in and launched its own DAC – one of a higher quality than its fundamentally crude Lightning-to-3.5mm adapter (which is essentially a DAC and low-power amplifier that arguably acts as more of an 'enabler' than an 'improver'). With rumours of iPhones switching from a Lightning port to USB-C next year, we have pondered whether this will change things or increase support to, say, 192kHz? Directly, it won't – a connection is a connection and it’ll come down to whether Apple allows the DACs inside its future iPhones and/or adaptors to passthrough higher than 48kHz sample rates uncompressed. Will that be the case forever? We hope not. Of course, we’ll be the first to admit that connecting external kit to your iPhone 13 isn’t the most elegant solution, but if you want to hear the full original resolution of your hi-res files through your iPhone above and beyond 24-bit/48kHz, using an external DAC with your iPhone really is the only way to go. Remember, a number of these DACs usually have ways of indicating what sample rate is being played, so you can make sure your headphones are being fed the best sound quality possible from your files. That might be a touch overkill and punishingly transparent for an iPhone, but these are hi-res files, after all. You could combine the Chord Hugo 2 DAC with a pair of Beyerdynamic T1 (3rd Generation) headphones for a more premium set-up. Don’t be afraid to build up to a more revealing system. This is just a starting point, of course. Next, you need a decent DAC such as the Audioquest DragonFly Cobalt, Cyrus soundKey or Chord Mojo 2 and a good pair of headphones, such as the Grado SR325x, Shure Aonic 3 or Austrian Audio Hi-X55. First, you’ll need to invest in Apple’s Lightning-to-USB camera adapter (£29) which forms a link between your iPhone and a third-party DAC. ![]()
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