So, the best and most musical digital experience I've had in my room.ĭownside. When I go back to ROON/Air it sounds as great as ever but just a bit flatter and cooler by comparison to Amarra. So I don't think it is warm - maybe 'musically coloured' is a better way to describe it. It has great timing I think. For example, try 'Dare' by Gorrilaz - massive slabs of deep bass, fantastic driving rhythm and detail front, back and sides in a 'bigger than the room' experience (don't let Shaun Ryder get in your head!). I could describe it as ever so slightly warm overall but that does not really do it justice as it rocks like a mother and has shimmering detail. It has great bass, not in your face but goes very deep and again pops up in familiar tracks. The layering is definitely better that the others - very 3D with micro-detail and reverb very obvious on even familiar tracks. By far the 'biggest' sounding player I've tried- width and depth. This was always a pain with Air and so I never really got to know it in the past. In my system it does not seem to let the deep bass develop as much as ROON/Air. I feel this is the most detailed player I have tried but still find it a tad clinical/precise. My reference is ROON with Devialet Air and Tidal (I find the Air embedded ROON a smidge brighter and a tad bass light by comparison - luv the volume control though.). Now that CI has rendered Air ultra stable (in my system) I thought I'd give them another go. I had previously tried Amarra and Audirvana a few years ago but had no end of trouble integrating them into Air. I got bored last weekend and decided to give a couple of players another go.