MacOS Naim App

Streaming Audio
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May I ask how or where you get the Mac version of Audirvana?

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Sure, as I recall it was downloaded from their website as part of the free trial - give it a go!

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Thanks - I’ll take a look.

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Yep … I used it in the distant past and it was quite successful. Struggling to remember the exact details, which I think came from a post written by ‘Debs’ ?

IIRC;

  1. Linn Kazoo App installed on MacBook Pro and also OpenHomePlayer installed
  2. Bubble UPnP installed on QNAP NAS

All free of charge

Home that helps :grinning::smiley::smiley:

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Having tried Audirvana on my MacBook, and it successfully plays UPnP music from my NAS to my SuperUniti. I like the convenience but, moments after I close the lid on my MacBook, playback stops.
I guess I’m looking for the Naim app for Mac which hopefully wouldn’t do that.
I mean, imagine if you were to lock your iPhone and the music stopped…

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The music stops when you close your Mac because Audirvana is serving the files to the streamer. The iPhone app is just a remote control.

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I installed it and not really getting on with the interface. I have a dedicated iPad for the Naim/Kazoo apps that works fine for me.

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Audirvana was written by Damien for a Mac and was a Mac only program until recently when he did a Windows port. The iOS app is the remote control. As you have found, you do not have to get Apps from Apple to run on a Mac as long as you accept associated security risks through security preferences.

I used to use Audirvana, but moved to JRiver Media Centre, which I prefer especially in metadata handling and it’s user interface. You can play music from JRiver to a UPnP compatible device so I expect it works the same way with Audirvana.

You might want to try JRiver MC, which you can download from the JRiver site. You get a month’s trial. You can control it from your iPad without an App using Safari and JRiver panel.

JRiver does not seamless integrate with Tidal and Qobuz as far as I know (I don’t use Internet for playing music so have not investigated this aspect).

Hope you find a solution

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