Why audio on the latest 10.8.4 sounds different over 10.6.8

are you really going back to snow leopard?

I have the same problem on mac mini with sound cards yamaha n12 (firewire) and steinberg CI2 (USB) too.

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1407347/n12_CI2.mp4

i read that very long discussion.

in the link, it's mostly dismissed as not there, not heard.

where can you hear the issue?

I connected digital optical output to digital optical input, play audio sample using QT Player 7 and recorded by QT Player 10.

Original sample: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1407347/Beat_A10.wav

Recorded sample: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1407347/Beat_A10.m4a

why should it be surprising if two operating systems handle audio slightly differently?

this is being reported as if its a fault.

this only relates to the audio directly out of the headphone jack, right?

I've done the phase/line up test (as did a poster on the link) with audio bounced out 4 or so older OS X operating systems (digging out old sessions) and they all cancel out.

With ext. firewire and USB sound cards too.

extraordinary.

I'm running 10.7, held off 10.8 because it too quickly for all pro audio software to be immediately compatible. I'm still waiting for all the stuff I use to be 10.8 friendly, but anyway...

the issue listed, here / above, does not certainly mean something is amiss in 10.8. can you imagine the chaos, if it were true, at 100,000s music and video houses across the world?

its unlikely this issue emanates from where it seems.

extraordinary.

I'm running 10.7, held off 10.8 because it arrived too quickly for all pro audio software to be immediately compatible. I'm still waiting for all the stuff I use to be 10.8 friendly, but anyway...

the issue listed, here / above, does not certainly mean something is amiss in 10.8. can you imagine the chaos, if it were true, at 100,000s music and video houses across the world?

its unlikely this issue emanates from where it seems.

I installed 10.6.8 on ext. HDD, boot and run the same mac mini - sounds perfect. I formated HDD and install new clear 10.8.4 - different sounds. Is it HW or OS bug?

WHY ME?!!!! 😠

OK, solved: /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/HAL/Hear.plugin

brilliant!

i think you're barking up the wrong tree. do you know that expression?

i'm no apple fan-boy/girl/sycophant.

i use mac out of habit/history.

it's not the issue you think it is.

what i mean is, there is NO WAY audio is different (digitally) via various operating systems and interfaces.

audio is converted to numbers. and numbers are numbers.

if it sounds different, so be it, but the numbers don't change.

Xtrax, i am noticing exactly the same thing, it is different. any more news on this. i am on a duet firewire so that maybe it don't know.