UI-wise it's probably where Tidal was a year ago so will improve with new updates I imagine. It's progressed a long way from a year ago.ģ. A glorious representation of the music, deep and wide soundstage, a full-bodied richness to the tracks. Tidal desktop app for macOS Version 2.7.0.5 - not far behind Amarra Luxe, to my surprise! A lovely UI and some really useful features to discover new music. It's hard to see how the sound could be bettered on my current hardware.Ģ.

Rich timbre, wide sound stage, beautiful separation of instruments. The app produces a thoroughly engaging representation of the music. I use Amarra Luxe to play my Tidal playlists so the source files are streamed from Tidal. Amarra Luxe desktop for macOS Version 4.3.510-208 - a very poorly written app in terms of UI and adhering to macOS app standards - seems to break every standard there is for macOS apps BUT.sounds simply delicious. In order of 'best sound quality' to my ears:ġ.

My objective was to see which app produced the best sound to my ears, as that's all that matters to me. Anyway, a side interest to me was Tidal have updated their app twice in 24 hours! It was a laborious process as I made sure I only had one of the apps open at any time to stop exclusive access to my Topping D50 DAC becoming an issue, plus I had to check the settings each time I opened one of the three apps to make sure that the settings hadn't changed. I spent a few hours listening to the same songs on Amazon Music HD, Tidal desktop and Amarra Luxe desktop, all running on macOS Mojave 10.14.6.

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