Hi folks,
I use a Macbook Pro 15" (Intel duo) for the last 3 years and a 1/2. It has been a tremendous performer, with a bit of abuse as well. No bugs, no mismatch of anything, the user interface is beautifully integrated. The Mac OS is basically Berkley Unix based and if you want to do some low level work using that, you can do that as well. No worries about viruses either (at least so far).
I have a collection 24 bit / 96 KHz music on my macbook. So far I have played using analogue cables from iTunes and Audacity. The sound is okay, but I am not completely satisfied.
Based on Cranky's and Shaizada's observations on bit-perfect digital outputs from Macs, should I then use an optical cable out (unfortunately it does not support coaxial) to connect to the digital in ports of my CA 740c CDP/DAC. Should I expect significantly better results? Should it then really matter if I play from iTunes or Audacity?
Regards.