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  1. Jason, I didn't mean Macs are very likely to do such thing, just that they are mass production computers made with the same pieces as other major brands' PCs, so it's quite possible that eventually the USB circuitry of a Mac will misbehave and cause damage to one of our (well said) less than reliable external USB devices - not necessarily to all of our USB devices at once, neither to more than one. And I brought the exemple of what just happened to me. Apple, Dell, Asus, HP, Toshiba, you-name-it, none of their consumer systems are failure-free. Same for the USB DAC boxes and wireless transceivers. If they were, we couldn't afford to buy one. There's a long-lasting discussion over dead pixels on consumer LCD panels (which afects the works of designers, photographers) that pretty much illustrates this: zero dead pixel panels are available, indeed, they are needed in the medical field and cost over $5,000 - from the same makers of cheaper consumer LCDs, making it very clear that near perfection quality control standards means a huge cost and that's why regular, affordable consumer products don't have it. Bottomline was (and still is) that one should not make the assumption Macs are failure-free. No, they are not. There is just too much technology built in new computers and other digital devices for the price. Of course, quality control is more loose than we'd like. Regards, Bruno
  2. Hey Joel, I don't know why people tend to say such thing wouldn't happen on a Mac since Macs' internal components are the same as those on models made by many other PC brands. I have received a new 2011 i5 Mac mini three weeks ago and besides all the Lion nightmare, it just fried my Microsoft wireless mouse USB transceiver! As in the case of your DAC, Microsoft is being very helpful, too, and will send me a new wireless mouse set at no cost. And (guess what??!) I had to buy a powered USB hub to keep my other mouse (that I'm using while MS replacement doesn't arrive) from getting fried too. Well, now I worry every time I plug an USB device - such as my ultimate, very expensive Canon SLR - to this crappy new Mac mini, I worry it will just blow in a few days like the mouse transceiver did - and we know not every supplier will treat us as your DAC maker or MS-Hardware are doing. Bad Apple! Be warned. Regards.
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