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Audiophile music player for Windows/Mac and your opinion...

What is the best audiophile music player for Windows and Mac in 2023?


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Think of DLNA as a casting protocol. First, you need an app on your PC that can work as a DLNA Renderer, e.g. JRiver or Foobar. Dive into the settings to turn the functionality on. Then you run an app on your tablet or phone that supports Tidal (e.g. BubbleUPNP, or Mplayer). Sadly, Tidal's own app does not support UPNP. Tell this app to look for DLNA Renderers and choose the app on your PC. Then it's a matter of choosing the music you want and hitting "play".
Thank you I will check that out. Is there any tutorial video or something? Also as you said, it does not work with tidal? I listen on my pc mostly
 
The only other player that has Tidal integrated is Audirvana. It is slightly cheaper than Roon but it also requires subscription. This makes both it and Roon non-starters for me.
There are two versions of Audirvana. "Studio" is the one that requires a subscription and "Origin" is the one that doesn't.

I don't use streaming services so I purchased Audirvana Origin. I don't make much use of it. On my late-2017 Mac it takes forever to scan watched folders and update its database. There's also a limit on the number of playlists you can create.
 
Thank you I will check that out. Is there any tutorial video or something? Also as you said, it does not work with tidal? I listen on my pc mostly

I don't think there is a tutorial video. My brief explanation should be enough to get you started. I managed to figure it out by myself so I would say it's quite easy :)

The reason I specifically mentioned BubbleUPNP and MPlayer is because they both work with Tidal.
 
Strawberry music player? Seems to have Tidal function and claims to have EQ. Disclaimer: I have no direct experience with it.

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Others: Minimstreamer on Windows, BubbleUPnP controller on Android tablet.
 
I am not sure I understand the DLNA kind of thing, I use APO and Peace but when I run Tidal then Peace is deactivated, so I miss the EQ option.
Peace just "includes" a link to peace.txt in the current EqAPO config, and it writes all of its settings to that file. So for Tidal to be "disabling Peace", it must be either modifiying EqAPO settings itself, or it's bypassing EqAPO by outputting directly to the device. If the latter, try change Tidals output settings, or output to a "middleman" like Voicemeeter.
 
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