Bitzie: 24 bit or not?

Drewan77 wrote: I plan on getting a Bitzie at Christmas (October loan already arranged with Jon) & am a Mac user. Is there anyone here able to advise me on the most suitable hi resolution player for OS X. Thanks

I don't understand what you mean with "high resolution" player, but I suppose you mean a player able to play files of non destructive quality, like FLAC or AIFF. Well, the best player in my opinion is Jriver for MAC. I prefer this player because it plays FLAC files without any problems or complicated configurations. Most players for the MAC plattform only handle AIFF in a smooth way. They all mostly play FLAC files, but the library function handle FLAC poorly. Thing is FLAC is open source, AIFF is closed, and therefore AIFF is better to be avoided in my opinion.
Sonically you can go with any player. I am very sceptical to the argument that different players make a huge difference, sonically. Many will claim otherwise, but this is just claims. And in the MAC world you tend to find much more of this noncense. For me this is a matter of convinience, and Jriver is best. Period.

Edited by Humboldt - 01 Oct 2013 at 12:50am

I don't play many FLACs from my Mac but when I do I find Cog works well. Dead simple, no frills. Not a "media centre" though. . . 

I agree, Pär - Cog's fine for occasional use, and for testing with the Bitzie, which is how I tested it - but JRiver would be the right tool for a large collection of files. I've never used it though as my FLAC playback is via Squeezeboxes of varying types.