Exclusive Access = Loss of Quality?

Legacy versions MacOS
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Hello,

I want to use Audirvana with Airfoil, so to stream to my low resolution Airplay rooms throughout the house. To do this I need to have “Exclusive Access” turned off.

Will this have any repercussions in the playback quality of my main music system?

Thanks!
Richard

2

Not by much. You’re unlikely to notice it especially since you’ll use AirPlay through Airfoil.

3

Hello Richard,
I use Audirvana with Airfoil and have Exclusive Access turned ON and have no problems ?
I also give AV Extreme Access to my computer to get as much as I can out of the limits of the
Apple Airplay protocol. 16bit/44.1Khz.(CD quality)
The Airtunes/play devices are 2 x Airport Express and 1 x Apple TV2 (this upscales to 48Khz but is no problem as it links via optical direct into my DAC).