New RSA predator owner with questions/concerns - Page 2

I've tried everything I could think of and it still sounds like shit with Itunes and some other media players...

I've tried restoring my mac to feb 2010 in hope that any software issues/clashes would be resolved but I had no luck in doing so.  I guess using the DAC portion of the amp is not an option with my mac. I am really dissapoitned and cannot understand why this is happening. It's not a hardware problem because it works fine with quicktime 7, but games, movies, itunes, etc... sound like crap on my computer. I really can't really identify the source of the problem...

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Originally Posted by thread 

If I was in your place, it would probably put me over the edge to the point where I would reinstall OS X from scratch. It sucks, but it would almost certainly resolve your issue.

 

Sorry you're having so much trouble.. :/

Unfortunately, I cannot be bothered to reinstall OS X from scratch as it will take ages to get it back to the way it is now. I'm sure there is another way
 

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Originally Posted by Ray Samuels 

Hi Dimitri....

If I were you I would take the Predetor & my MAC to any Apple store in my town. First, I would try the Predator with any Mac in the store. If everything works well, then I will let them check out my Mac's poor performance with iTunes. 

Ray Samuels

 

 

Thats a great idea ray. Unfortunately, there is no such thing as an apple store where I live, but there are stores that re-distribute apple products such as isyte, who have qualified people and a service center. They would know what I am talking about, but I really hope they can find a quick fix without having me buy a new MBP from their shop!

I got the pico USB DAC today and tried it on my computer and the exact same thing happens. I still haven't taken my rig to an apple store to try it on other mac computers, but I will try a complete OS reinstall to see if that solves the problem. I'll let you know how things go...

Alright, so I reinstalled my OS from scratch to 10.5.2 and it seems so have solved the problem with both the predator and the pico DAC. That's good news for me, but I still haven't found the source of the problem, and now I have to reinstall everything from scratch. Does anyone know what program might be causing this malfunction on my mac? 

I've got all the apps i want reinstalled and the problem seems to have dissapeared completely. I am so glad that's over with, but in case it happens again, I will have a backup waiting for me, and would be able to trace the root cause  of this problem. Lets just hope it doesnt happen again. Thanks for the help guys!