Maybe, maybe not...
Computer audio isn't really as easy as "just ones and zeros".
First off, IMO toslink sucks and has always given me inferior performance over usb/spdif. USB implementations vary as well. Most likely though there is some other problem. Instead of telling us that you have it set correctly, tell us how it is set and what type of files you are using and whether or not you have tried using the cpu as a "player" and not a server by letting the disc play through the cd drive and not being ripped then played.
Did you break (lift) the cpu ground?
What mac, what os, what player (iTunes?)
What is going on in the cpu background?
Did you renice (re-prioritize) the processes using terminal or process wizard?
From what I have seen, it takes a pretty good transport to beat a server, and that something simple is wrong...YMMV
Computer audio isn't really as easy as "just ones and zeros".
First off, IMO toslink sucks and has always given me inferior performance over usb/spdif. USB implementations vary as well. Most likely though there is some other problem. Instead of telling us that you have it set correctly, tell us how it is set and what type of files you are using and whether or not you have tried using the cpu as a "player" and not a server by letting the disc play through the cd drive and not being ripped then played.
Did you break (lift) the cpu ground?
What mac, what os, what player (iTunes?)
What is going on in the cpu background?
Did you renice (re-prioritize) the processes using terminal or process wizard?
From what I have seen, it takes a pretty good transport to beat a server, and that something simple is wrong...YMMV