diff --git a/examples/Plugins/ARAPluginDemo.h b/examples/Plugins/ARAPluginDemo.h
index 524da91848..7fc740899c 100644
--- a/examples/Plugins/ARAPluginDemo.h
+++ b/examples/Plugins/ARAPluginDemo.h
@@ -616,9 +616,9 @@ public:
                     const auto previewDimmed = previewedRegion->getAudioModification<ARADemoPluginAudioModification>()
                                                               ->isDimmed();
 
-                    if (lastPreviewTime != previewTime
-                        || lastPlaybackRegion != previewedRegion
-                        || lastPreviewDimmed != previewDimmed)
+                    if (! exactlyEqual (lastPreviewTime, previewTime)
+                        || ! exactlyEqual (lastPlaybackRegion, previewedRegion)
+                        || ! exactlyEqual (lastPreviewDimmed, previewDimmed))
                     {
                         Range<double> previewRangeInPlaybackTime { previewTime - 0.25, previewTime + 0.25 };
                         previewBuffer->clear();
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ public:
                     const auto quarterPos = barSignaturesConverter.getQuarterForBeat (beat);
                     const int x = timeToViewScaling.getXForTime (tempoConverter.getTimeForQuarter (quarterPos));
                     const auto barSignature = barSignaturesConverter.getBarSignatureForQuarter (quarterPos);
-                    const int lineWidth = (quarterPos == barSignature.position) ? heavyLineWidth : lightLineWidth;
+                    const int lineWidth = (approximatelyEqual (quarterPos, barSignature.position)) ? heavyLineWidth : lightLineWidth;
                     const int beatsSinceBarStart = roundToInt( barSignaturesConverter.getBeatDistanceFromBarStartForQuarter (quarterPos));
                     const int lineHeight = (beatsSinceBarStart == 0) ? rulerHeight : rulerHeight / 2;
                     rects.addWithoutMerging (Rectangle<int> (x - lineWidth / 2, 2 * rulerHeight - lineHeight, lineWidth, lineHeight));
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_AudioSampleBuffer.h b/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_AudioSampleBuffer.h
index fce45ba1d5..3621b2e1d5 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_AudioSampleBuffer.h
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_basics/buffers/juce_AudioSampleBuffer.h
@@ -850,7 +850,7 @@ public:
         jassert (destStartSample >= 0 && numSamples >= 0 && destStartSample + numSamples <= size);
         jassert (source != nullptr);
 
-        if (gainToApplyToSource != 0 && numSamples > 0)
+        if (! approximatelyEqual (gainToApplyToSource, Type()) && numSamples > 0)
         {
             auto* d = channels[destChannel] + destStartSample;
 
@@ -858,14 +858,14 @@ public:
             {
                 isClear = false;
 
-                if (gainToApplyToSource != Type (1))
+                if (! approximatelyEqual (gainToApplyToSource, Type (1)))
                     FloatVectorOperations::copyWithMultiply (d, source, gainToApplyToSource, numSamples);
                 else
                     FloatVectorOperations::copy (d, source, numSamples);
             }
             else
             {
-                if (gainToApplyToSource != Type (1))
+                if (! approximatelyEqual (gainToApplyToSource, Type (1)))
                     FloatVectorOperations::addWithMultiply (d, source, gainToApplyToSource, numSamples);
                 else
                     FloatVectorOperations::add (d, source, numSamples);
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ public:
                           Type startGain,
                           Type endGain) noexcept
     {
-        if (startGain == endGain)
+        if (approximatelyEqual (startGain, endGain))
         {
             addFrom (destChannel, destStartSample, source, numSamples, startGain);
         }
@@ -1023,9 +1023,9 @@ public:
         {
             auto* d = channels[destChannel] + destStartSample;
 
-            if (gain != Type (1))
+            if (! approximatelyEqual (gain, Type (1)))
             {
-                if (gain == Type())
+                if (approximatelyEqual (gain, Type()))
                 {
                     if (! isClear)
                         FloatVectorOperations::clear (d, numSamples);
@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ public:
                            Type startGain,
                            Type endGain) noexcept
     {
-        if (startGain == endGain)
+        if (approximatelyEqual (startGain, endGain))
         {
             copyFrom (destChannel, destStartSample, source, numSamples, startGain);
         }
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_formats/format/juce_ARAAudioReaders.cpp b/modules/juce_audio_formats/format/juce_ARAAudioReaders.cpp
index a8c974d287..a285635e6a 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_formats/format/juce_ARAAudioReaders.cpp
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_formats/format/juce_ARAAudioReaders.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void ARAAudioSourceReader::willUpdateAudioSourceProperties (ARAAudioSource* audi
                                                             ARAAudioSource::PropertiesPtr newProperties)
 {
     if (audioSource->getSampleCount() != newProperties->sampleCount
-        || audioSource->getSampleRate() != newProperties->sampleRate
+        || ! exactlyEqual (audioSource->getSampleRate(), newProperties->sampleRate)
         || audioSource->getChannelCount() != newProperties->channelCount)
     {
         invalidate();
@@ -277,10 +277,10 @@ void ARAPlaybackRegionReader::willUpdatePlaybackRegionProperties (ARAPlaybackReg
 {
     jassert (ARA::contains (playbackRenderer->getPlaybackRegions(), playbackRegion));
 
-    if ((playbackRegion->getStartInAudioModificationTime() != newProperties->startInModificationTime)
-        || (playbackRegion->getDurationInAudioModificationTime() != newProperties->durationInModificationTime)
-        || (playbackRegion->getStartInPlaybackTime() != newProperties->startInPlaybackTime)
-        || (playbackRegion->getDurationInPlaybackTime() != newProperties->durationInPlaybackTime)
+    if ((! exactlyEqual (playbackRegion->getStartInAudioModificationTime(), newProperties->startInModificationTime))
+        || ! exactlyEqual (playbackRegion->getDurationInAudioModificationTime(), newProperties->durationInModificationTime)
+        || ! exactlyEqual (playbackRegion->getStartInPlaybackTime(), newProperties->startInPlaybackTime)
+        || ! exactlyEqual (playbackRegion->getDurationInPlaybackTime(), newProperties->durationInPlaybackTime)
         || (playbackRegion->isTimestretchEnabled() != ((newProperties->transformationFlags & ARA::kARAPlaybackTransformationTimestretch) != 0))
         || (playbackRegion->isTimeStretchReflectingTempo() != ((newProperties->transformationFlags & ARA::kARAPlaybackTransformationTimestretchReflectingTempo) != 0))
         || (playbackRegion->hasContentBasedFadeAtHead() != ((newProperties->transformationFlags & ARA::kARAPlaybackTransformationContentBasedFadeAtHead) != 0))
diff --git a/modules/juce_audio_processors/utilities/ARA/juce_ARA_utils.h b/modules/juce_audio_processors/utilities/ARA/juce_ARA_utils.h
index e30cbbe3d0..8f2357e564 100644
--- a/modules/juce_audio_processors/utilities/ARA/juce_ARA_utils.h
+++ b/modules/juce_audio_processors/utilities/ARA/juce_ARA_utils.h
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 
 // Include ARA SDK headers
 JUCE_BEGIN_IGNORE_WARNINGS_GCC_LIKE ("-Wgnu-zero-variadic-macro-arguments",
-                                     "-Wunused-parameter")
+                                     "-Wunused-parameter",
+                                     "-Wfloat-equal")
 JUCE_BEGIN_IGNORE_WARNINGS_MSVC (6387)
 
 #include <ARA_Library/PlugIn/ARAPlug.h>