Re: Can't get Edirol FA101 to work with my Mac

On Sun, 28 Jun 2009 15:28:50 -0700 (PDT), Andy Evans
<performanceandmedia@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I've listened through the line out settings, fuelled by itunes, and
the sound is really nothing special at all. I was expecting something
much better for the money. Sure it has loads of functions but what
about the actual sound quality?

Are you complaining about poor sound quality, or that there's no
particular improvement? What were you expecting? Onboard sound of a
modern computer is perfectly competent for simple playback. There are
other reasons for adding a quality soundcard.

What amp/speakers were you using? What was the source? If an MP3,
there's a lot of quality lost already, which I suppose might be even
more audible on a better system.
.

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