
Which Apple computer you choose for computer audio will depend on several factors, but principally budget and portability. Even a naïve user should be able to use a computer audio system almost as easily as a CD player. (John Quick talks about this in the following feature.) No, the goal here is to achieve a system that is going to deliver sound 99.9% of the time without having to screw around. Given my priorities, the principal goal of this guide won’t be the best performance.

Sound quality comes after these three primary goals are met: ultimately it doesn’t matter how good your computer audio system can sound if you can’t get it to work. the following guide will hopefully get you to a reasonable starting point for your Mac computer audio odyssey.įor me, the three most important aspects of a computer audio system are stability, reliability, and simplicity of operation. often it’s a case of not getting the machine configured correctly. but it’s still possible to end up with a system that doesn’t perform optimally. Setting up an Apple computer for audio is simpler than a Windows pc because Apple offers fewer options.
