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  1. Glad you may have found the culprit Jim, hope it works out. Probably a topic for another thread (and several threads have hit on this already) - but I said I'd report back on Snow Leopard and at least on my 2009 macbook it sounds noticeably better. Clearer, crisper. It wasn't fatiguing to begin with, but this is a step better....which makes me wonder what was wrong with Core Audio before since this appears to be a rewrite on Apple's part. I have Amarra Mini for demo as well and I'm one of the few that doesn't care for it. Also...I seen a few posts here questioning the implementation of USB and indicating firewire was better...I thought we were at a point here with the technology where USB was sorted out and headed in the right direction? Sorry, again this is probably for another post... Marc
  2. I'll find out here this evening if Snow Leopard is any worse than the prior version and let you know (just bought it this morning). I'm hoping it's not worse, as all I've read so far indicates Snow Leopard is an improvement (hopefully more than a marginal one, but anything helps). At the end of the day, you shouldn't be getting horrible sound out of either laptop, but one may sound better than the other. I'd let the new Pro run in for several weeks though, as you're comparing a brand new piece of equipment to one with likely hundreds of hours on it (not a fair comparison). Even cheap power cords sound like crap compared to ones that have had a lot of hours on them.
  3. How long have you been running the Pro laptop? Like everything else, it may need burn in time for the power supplies, board, USB ports, etc. Different power supplies (and computers in general) impart different signatures on the sound of a system, not suprising one may sound better than another. That said though, one computer shouldn't sound terrible in comparison to the other if they're setup for the same playback (though one will ultimately sound better in your opinion probably). Hard drive speeds (7200rpm/etc.) may play a hand too, along with numerous other variables that it seems nobody really has a firm grip on, including the experts. I have a simple macbook as well as an IMac. Both bought within the last 18 months, both close in specs (ram, Intel chipsets, hard drives/etc.). I had the IMac paired with some spendy power cords and compared it to the simple macbook, of which the latter sounded better in my opinion (not loads better, but enough to warrant use versus the IMac). I also have a Dell Inspiron that's plenty powerful and was setup with Foobar and full Flac library, sounded different yet again. Sorry, no easy answer here...keep trying different things with each and give it a few weeks of play to see which wins out but don't expect a more expensive computer to sound better than a cheaper one.
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