Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved

Pettyofficer,

You need to buy a mac for your computer audio. Sounds like you need help to set a PC up. PCs can be a pain. ASIO is there because a computer is an open ended machine. You tell it what you need it to do & then in most cases it does it.

It also sounds like your Internet speeds could be slow. If it is slow to download why not download your audio overnight? No need to sit & wait. Personally I find it quicker than getting in the car & driving to a store.

Hfisher,

I quite bait. It makes for a good snack.

My apologies Timlub, that was not meant for you. It
would seem that ASIO patches are required to bypass
much of the processing involved with O.S. Computer
Audio. Why was this extra Processing installed prior
to requiring Wasapi, and Kernel Streaming? Why not
include Wasapi, and Kernel Streaming as standard for Computer Audio?
Music File type is a never ending open ended
affair no doubt requiring alot of Processing for all
of these different Music File Types. It is simply way
too many chefs here radically spoiling the broth. We
need some consistency here, a Standard that will allow
all Customers to plan ahead to establish their Computer
Audio for High End. You have Computer Audio going in fifty different directions with 50 different File Types, 6 plus
different Formats with a New One every week, multiple
ASIO Patches, maybe thousands of different permutations
based on these alone. Computer Audio is so open ended
that it would dissolve in water. Can't get a grip on it
if it just runs between your fingers. What is the selling point here? What is Computer Audio? Anything that you want it to be! Then what is it that I am buying so that I know
the value compared to what I am required to give up for it? There is no answer!
The biggest issue Timlub, is that Computer Audio
SHARE the market with other Audio Formats until Computer
Audio can decide on some direction. Let it mature, and
develop some consistency in reliability. If enough people
appreciate that, they will switch. It is just that you have inpertinent children who can't wait that long. They
want to shove it down everyone's throat yesterday, and
shove all other Formats out 10 years ago. They do not
understand the words "Gradual Transition" for the sake
of concideration with other Customer's. Historically this
is how you create a new Audio Market Format, not by nuking everyone who is unsure! You guy's creep me out, and you are only succeeding in scaring away the Customer's-WHY?

I was selling audio when Magnavox introduced the FD-1000. I believe it was the worlds first CD Player...Don't remember the year... Maybe 1981. There were 3 cd's available at first. It is true, manufactures have to have a way to make a living before anything takes off, but believe me brother, computer audio is taking roots... nothing like 3 cd's available. I use PC and am absolulely fine with it, but it has been stated quite well above, go with MAC for now, no driver issues at all, you won't need to deal with a Wasapi, ASIO or KS patch.
I guarantee that within a few years, you will see computers that are made to be used as a server, Highly efficient processors, with big ram and big storage, operating systems made to use minimal resources, with the best digital outs available, all standard equipment. I get your issues, just seems a bit overboard. Changes are coming, just hold on. Tim

OK, get this, I come on here and say that I have no anti virus... I do a microsoft windows update and what do i get? Microsoft Security Essentials.... I don't know whether to say LOL or isn't that a kick in the teeth.
Of course I don't have to use it, but I found it pretty amusing after these post. Tim

I think I finally get it - this guy is just slightly confused, he thinks that Computer Audio is a person...