# Consort — True Stereo AirPlay on macOS

> Consort turns any two AirPlay speakers into a true stereo pair on your Mac. Sample-accurate sync, lossless ALAC quality, zero virtual drivers.

- Publisher: Gavril&Co
- Website: https://consortaudio.com
- Support: support@consortaudio.com
- Latest version: 1.9.4
- Download (14-day free trial): https://downloads.consortaudio.com/consort/Consort-latest.dmg
- Sparkle Appcast: https://downloads.consortaudio.com/consort/appcast.xml
- Compatibility: macOS 15 Sequoia or later · Apple Silicon & Intel Macs
- Pricing: $29 one-time lifetime license for 1 personal Mac, transferable between Macs (no subscription, 30-day money-back guarantee)

## What Problem Consort Solves
By default, macOS treats non-HomePod AirPlay speakers as independent multi-room zones and sends an identical summed mono signal to each speaker. Consort intercepts audio cleanly via Apple's native CoreAudio Process Tap API and routes dedicated Left (L) and Right (R) channels encoded in Apple Lossless (ALAC 16-bit / 44.1 kHz) to each speaker synchronously (± 0.5 ms jitter).

## Core Capabilities
- **True Stereo Separation**: Left channel strictly to the left AirPlay speaker, Right channel strictly to the right speaker (including Bang & Olufsen, Sonos, Bowers & Wilkins, Devialet, KEF, Denon, Marantz, HomePod, or built-in Mac speakers as one side).
- **Per-Application Routing**: Isolate Spotify, Apple Music, Qobuz, Tidal, or Safari without sending Zoom/Teams calls or macOS system alerts to room speakers.
- **Zero Kernel Driver**: Uses native macOS 15 Sequoia+ CoreAudio Process Tap — nothing installed in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL; drag to Trash to uninstall.
- **Millisecond Delay Calibration**: Slider (± 150 ms) and manual entry (± 2000 ms) to phase-align speakers of different brands or asymmetric room distances.
- **Native Hardware Integration**: 16-step and 64-step (Shift) keyboard volume OSD bubble, automatic pause on AirPods/headphone connection, automatic wake-resume, idle standby saver, Apple Shortcuts, Raycast, and CLI support (`consort://`).

## Key Pages
- Home: https://consortaudio.com/
- Technical Guides: https://consortaudio.com/blog
- Changelog: https://consortaudio.com/changelog
- Legal Notice: https://consortaudio.com/legal
- Privacy Policy: https://consortaudio.com/privacy
- Sitemap: https://consortaudio.com/sitemap-index.xml