OSX Yosemite Released

RE: OSX Yosemite Released, posted on October 16, 2014 at 12:36:36
Sprezza Tura Audiophile Posts: 4585 Location: New York City Joined: August 24, 2012	I need a new Mac O/S like I need a hole in the head. Curious why this is posted in an audio forum...and not general?

RE: OSX Yosemite Released, posted on October 16, 2014 at 12:41:01
Mercman Audiophile Posts: 6581 Location: So. CA Joined: October 20, 2002	"Curious why this is posted in an audio forum...and not general?" Let me try to answer this for you. Mac users use the operating system to run their music software. It has a major influence on the sound. I hope this was helpful.

RE: OSX Yosemite Released, posted on October 16, 2014 at 13:01:23
Bob_C Audiophile Posts: 2667 Location: NY Joined: July 31, 2000	"I hope this was helpful." NO NO NO Steve!!! You must only talk about streamers... Nothing else matters...

RE: OSX Yosemite Released, posted on October 16, 2014 at 13:08:29

Sprezza Tura
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Hardly. But provide a connection to audio.

Maybe I should post Firefox 3.6 released..or Office 2015 is now available.

RE: OSX Yosemite Released, posted on October 16, 2014 at 13:13:46
Bob_C Audiophile Posts: 2667 Location: NY Joined: July 31, 2000	"Hardly. But provide a connection to audio. Maybe I should post Firefox 3.6 released..or Office 2015 is now available." Are you serious??? People are always talking about the OS and possible differences!!! The only people that cannot are the owners of devices that are stuck with whatever the manufacture put in the pretty little box. Good, bad or indifferent. Maybe you know someone like that???

RE: OSX Yosemite Released, posted on October 16, 2014 at 19:19:11
AbeCollins Audiophile Posts: 46280 Location: USA Joined: June 22, 2001 Contributor Since: February 2, 2002	Thanks Steve - I'll be giving Yosmite a try but I kept a USB thumb drive Installer for Mavericks in case I want to revert back. I suspect Apple will soon remove Mavericks from their App Store if they haven't already.

RE: OSX Yosemite Released, posted on October 16, 2014 at 19:22:37
AbeCollins Audiophile Posts: 46280 Location: USA Joined: June 22, 2001 Contributor Since: February 2, 2002	Just curious what your motivation is for hanging out in a 'computer audio' forum when you hate computer audio so much.

This is typical of the way, posted on October 16, 2014 at 22:01:06
fmak Audiophile Posts: 13158 Location: Kent Joined: June 1, 2002	you seek to twist and redirect a topic. Unprofessional post.

It has a major influence on the sound., posted on October 16, 2014 at 22:04:14
fmak Audiophile Posts: 13158 Location: Kent Joined: June 1, 2002	As I have pointed out before, your OS reference wrt to SQ 'floats' every year or so, depending on how some programmer with little interest in audio rewrites related aspects of the OS.

RE: It has a major influence on the sound., posted on October 16, 2014 at 22:40:02
Sprezza Tura Audiophile Posts: 4585 Location: New York City Joined: August 24, 2012	+1.But not confined to Mercman.

RE: It has a major influence on the sound., posted on October 16, 2014 at 23:47:30
Mercman Audiophile Posts: 6581 Location: So. CA Joined: October 20, 2002	You have gone on record stating there are differences in sound between different Windows versions. I agree. So?

RE: It has a major influence on the sound., posted on October 17, 2014 at 06:12:17
Mercman Audiophile Posts: 6581 Location: So. CA Joined: October 20, 2002	By the way, my Reference is presently Windows 8.1 slimmed down with Fidelizer Pro 6.1.

My reference is W8.1, posted on October 17, 2014 at 11:41:58
fmak Audiophile Posts: 13158 Location: Kent Joined: June 1, 2002	So, why have you not posted on the differences between this, and the various versions of OSX? What is the point of 'upgrading' OSX very six months or so? And why do you insist on using windows on an overstuffed Apple system?

RE: My reference is W8.1, posted on October 17, 2014 at 13:07:21

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"So, why have you not posted on the differences between this, and the various versions of OSX?"

Why bother?

"What is the point of 'upgrading' OSX very six months or so?"

The OSX updates seem to be every year and are free. Last year, Mavericks restored native integer support.

"And why do you insist on using windows on an overstuffed Apple system?"

I need OSX for reviewing. An example was my review of the exaSound e22 DAC. I had to evaluate the OSX ASIO driver.

The fact is, Windows 8.1 Pro 64 with Fidelizer Pro 6.1 sounds extremely good on the Mac. I have compared Windows 8.1 / JPlay with dedicated Linux server designs, and the Mac sounds great.

By the way, OSX sounds quite good as well.

OSX updates seem to be every year and are free, posted on October 17, 2014 at 21:40:23

fmak
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Ah, great 'upgrading' for sound quality reasons.

If you don't at least compare a stable version of OSX v W8.1, how does anyone know, as a high end reviewer, that you are doing your best for sound quality reasons?

Also, if you refuse to adopt hardware that gets rid of fans, cramped cross-talking components, active cables, and quality power supplies in your computer chain, whilst using thousands of dollars of 'audio enhancement' products, how can inmates accept that you have a basic audio structure that they can follow to improve the quality of their own systems?

RE: OSX updates seem to be every year and are free, posted on October 18, 2014 at 02:26:49
Mercman Audiophile Posts: 6581 Location: So. CA Joined: October 20, 2002	I will compare Yosemite to Windows. Just not here.

With your prolific posts on computer system sound quality, posted on October 18, 2014 at 22:41:58
fmak Audiophile Posts: 13158 Location: Kent Joined: June 1, 2002	you should have done it in some depth long ago.

RE: With your prolific posts on computer system sound quality, posted on October 18, 2014 at 23:32:11
Bob_C Audiophile Posts: 2667 Location: NY Joined: July 31, 2000	I do not think you understood what Steve was saying.

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OSX Yosemite Released

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