Alternatives to itunes?

malditoyanki · Post by **malditoyanki** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:40 pm

Hey gang...anyone find something better than itunes out there?

I'm searching....hard.

malditoyanki · Post by **malditoyanki** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:07 pm

UPDATE: tried a couple

1. Amarra: borderline malware...I was greeted with an unbelievable loud blast of white noise on start up...and they want to charge $99 for the "junior" version.

2. Fidelia: crashed on startup every time. GUI looked cool at least...

kgdrum · Post by **kgdrum** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:18 pm

Yes and No.
I replaced the itunes sound engine,with BitPerfect a $5 app in the app store.
It still uses the iTunes library as a database bypasses the iTunes sound engine & I feed into a Dac.
Sounds great and is very affordable,
noticeable improvement on the sound of iTunes.
There's other software in the market that will also replace the ITunes sound engine like Amarra,which I used in my last job and is a good engine,I neverc had issues with it crashing etc...
BitPerfect for me is a great cheap alternative solution.

buzzsmith · Post by **buzzsmith** » Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:23 pm

kgdrum wrote:Yes and No.
I replaced the itunes sound engine,with BitPerfect a $5 app in the app store.
It still uses the iTunes library as a database bypasses the iTunes sound engine & I feed into a Dac.
Sounds great and is very affordable,
noticeable improvement on the sound of iTunes.
There's other software in the market that will also replace the ITunes sound engine like Ammara but BitPerfect for me is a great cheap solution.

Cool to know. Thanks for this and the OP.

Buzzy

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