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Yeah these are the first issues I have had. I am having the Chipmunks more than what you described but I did have one weird noise outburst that I thought might have been two songs playing at once which might have been the noise you are talking about now that I have thought about it.

That is beautiful. Congrats.

Anyone else having issues with this latest version. The sample rate switching seems to have some issues. I keep getting Chipmunks version of music when Amarra switches from 96k to 44k. Only happens about 1 out of every 20 times but it has never happened before.

A couple of new ones so my TTs don't get jealous of all this digital gear.

I have not found anything it has disagreed with.

Well you could buy it and then the $600 upgrade to the full version and it would be like getting $100 off the full version.

In case anyone is on the fence, Amarra Mini is on sale for $295 now which makes it an even better deal.

I guess the Gapless playback will be the most beneficial out of this upgrade.

It is part of the Junior stack from DCS the Paganini. I was interested in trying out the DAC and upsampler but couldn't get anyone in NY to loan me a set so I had my little Bro check with Ne Plus in Austin to see if they had a demo set up I could try while I was down there over the Holidays. Ended up my Brother told the Parents and they went with him and ended up buying the the Upsampler and DAC. I have only listened to it using USB out of a PC laptop using Foobar in my brothers system but I thought it sounded pretty good.

I just backed it up two weeks ago and I picked up a new 1tb external to put in the system tonight so I can finally try out the new DAC.

In case anyone missed the e-mail, the new version of Amarra is out. I have not played with it much as my external HD with all my music for the Mini has died on me but it doesn't look like much has changed.

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I have a lot of duplicates in the Vinyl collection as it is spread across three homes and I got a large chunk of it by buying a closing record store's stock. I intended to sell off most of the duplicates but have not had time. I really got into SACD there for a while and still get all of the Acoustic Sounds SACDs to keep the Emm Labs stack happy. I have a few duplicates but most I picked up used at Princeton Record Exchange as they have a large collections and sell them for good price due to lack of sales.

Finally broke down and got myself a Kindle. Jin, great pen. I have a couple of Lamys in the collection and I think they write better than several other more expensive pens I own.

After the Holidays I have broken the 15,000 LPs level. I had not bought in a while but I got a lot from family and friends as presents. I would guess I have around 3,000 CDs, 350 SACD, 40 RTRs, and 50 Cassettes.

You need to use a USB HD as your Mini will only have one Firewire which is reserved for the ULN-8.

I used to run the firewire into the ULN-2 and then AES/EBU out to the PWD but I do not believe I ever got anything over 96k. My X-Mas present should put all these DACs on the FS Forum here shortly and it will be used with USB input so I will definitely be stuck with 24/96 until dCS upgrades.

I can certainly tell the difference between on and off, I just don't think it is a huge difference so the difference between two versions of Amarra would have to be pretty small. I happen to think the new version is not as warm sounding. But I might be nuts. I would say the biggest difference I note with Amarra on is in soundstage width/depth and instrument placement. I definitely could tell the difference between Amarra and that other Audiophile Engineering mess as I definitely preferred the Amarra.

Yes, I have an HR-X with a pair of Stereo/Mono Lyra Titans and a Scoutmaster w/ some old Dynavector that I can't remember. I definitely prefer vinyl but this computer as a source thing has really caught on in my house.

Yeah, you get full upgrade price for the Mini if you upgrade to the full version so no real loss.

I use the Mac Mini with Amarra Mini ($395.00). The sound is supposedly the same but you lose the EQ and the ability to use the software for 24/192 music which could affect you as the Ayre is going to be upgraded to 24/192 some time soon. I have never heard a great difference between 96 and 192 so I am fine with the Mini.