Is Fidelizer or other optimisation software worth the asking price?

[struth]

question is, is it compatible with audirvana?

[Hudz]

Sorry Grant I only use Foobar, nowt to lose in experimenting if you get the free trial, mind you the paid version does sound noticably better due I think to it isolating a core of your processor for music only.

[struth]

Sorry Grant I only use Foobar, nowt to lose in experimenting if you get the free trial, mind you the paid version does sound noticably better due I think to it isolating a core of your processor for music only.

sent them the question

[chipcalzada]

question is, is it compatible with audirvana?

Hi Grant, yes its compatible with Audirvana. I've also used it successfully with Foobar and Deezer in the past before settling on my current setup which is Audirvana with Tidal. In the pro version you can choose between 3 user levels: consumer, audiophile and purist. This allows you to customize how much optimization you want Fidelizer to perform. So if for example you're downloading windows updates or new music you would have to switch Fidelizer to consumer level which allows you to download faster whereas in purist mode downloading a file takes quite a while. This is what I've found in my case at least, not sure if its the same for other Fidelizer users.

There's more information of this on the website: http://www.fidelizer-audio.com/about-fidelizer/

I agree with what Martin said, I wouldn't be without it. The best way I would describe the difference in sound is that it makes instruments on digital files sound more real. I already had Fidelizer installed when I bought Audirvana (which I believe sounds very good on its own) so there's no basis of comparison in terms of how Fidelizer made Audirvana sound better. But with my DJ software Traktor, which I used many years before installing Fidelizer, the difference in SQ was huge. My thinking was that the same principle should apply to a different music playback software program which is Audirvana.

[mikmas]

Don't know about the Windows version but on the Mac Audirvana already has a 'System Optimisation' option in the Preferences.
There are 4 options but the first shuts down any non-essential activity that can be detrimental to sound quality and prioritises Audirvana (with 3 settings - Standard, Very High and Extreme)

Sound like Fidelizer would simply double up on (or interfere with) what Audirvana is already capable of doing

[chipcalzada]

Don't know about the Windows version but on the Mac Audirvana already has a 'System Optimisation' option in the Preferences.
There are 4 options but the first shuts down any non-essential activity that can be detrimental to sound quality and prioritises Audirvana (with 3 settings - Standard, Very High and Extreme)

Sound like Fidelizer would simply double up on (or interfere with) what Audirvana is already capable of doing

Hi Mike,

Audirvana for windows does not have the 'system optimization' option for now. Will it be incorporated in a future update? Time will tell. It is unclear to me as to what extent Apple will allow a 3rd party software to shut down non-essential activity/processes in its OS. I haven't used an Apple computer in a couple of years but as I understand Apple OS is more of a closed system which makes it safe against viruses/malware but also allows less 'tweaking' compared to windows OS (correct me if I'm wrong).

So I believe that for the time being Fidelizer does not interfere with what Audirvana windows can do.

Edit: Also, Fidelizer is only available for Windows OS.