Guides & comparisons
Everything about getting the best sound out of your Mac.
Guides
- How to get bit-perfect audio on a Mac — why macOS isn’t bit-perfect by default and the four things that fix it.
- How to enable exclusive mode on macOS — take exclusive control of your DAC, step by step.
- The best DSD player for Mac — native DSD64–DSD512 over DoP, no silent resampling.
- Gapless playback on Mac — what causes gaps between tracks and how to fix them.
- Audiophile glossary — bit-perfect, DSD, DoP, integer mode and more, defined.
Format explainers
- FLAC vs DSD vs ALAC — how the three audiophile formats differ and which sounds better.
- DSD vs PCM — the two encodings compared, and when to convert.
Comparisons
- The best music player for Mac — the right pick by use case.
- The Audirvana alternative for macOS
- A Roon alternative without the subscription
- The JRiver alternative for Mac
- The Swinsian alternative for audiophiles
- Full comparison: BitMuse vs Roon, Audirvana, JRiver, Swinsian
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