Audirvana is a French company which was founded in 2011 by Damien Plisson, a developer highly respected within the audiophile community. From the start, the company that created the hi-fi software player for Mac, Audirvana Plus, quickly gained recognition from audiophiles around the world. Thanks to its reliability and enhanced audio quality, Audirvana has won many supporters among sound engineers, both for studio use as well as at concerts. Audirvana has received several awards, including most recently the Audio Excellence Award 2016 from Japanese specialist magazine Audio Accessory.