[film]

I was at an event where we were playing some USB dac's  (I brought the new amazing PS Audio PWD)

A gentleman who brought his PC to play USB mentioned that  he did a shootout with his friend's macbook and

his own PC laptop, into the same USB DAC, and the PC sounded better.  I do know he was using the best software method

for getting audio out of the PC (bypassing K mixer, etc).  I should have asked him if they disabled the audio enhancer in  Itunes - which it would seem

logical for them to have done so as anyone serious about using Itunes into a high end rig would.

Is there anyone else who has tried this and can comment.  I would not expect there to be such an audible difference.

[Toka]

Seems to me that a setting was amiss somewhere...

[pardales]

The consensus over at the Empirical Audio circle is that PC's do sound better than MAC's. There are, of course, certain parameters to this regarding software and such.

I have also read that there is a software package called Amarra that really makes computer audio on MAC's sound superb. But it cost $1500.

[planet10]

I have also read that there is a software package called Amarra that really makes computer audio on MAC's sound superb.

Apple should just buy Amarra and plug the hole in CORE Audio.

dave