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In the Thread: High Quality Music Server / CD player

Post Subject: Best sounding version of iTunesPosted by jessie.dazzle on: 6/16/2009

Is it possible that there are better and worse sounding versions of iTunes?

Since 2004 I've been using iTunes together with a Mac computer and the very addictive Wavelength Cosecant DAC as the main source "component" in a system consisting of horns driven by SET amps (for further info see the Jessie Dazzle Project thread).

I've been upgrading iTunes all along, and tonight I installed the latest version (V8.2).

The newly installed version crashed repeatedly; wouldn't even open (presented an error message saying something about an inability to recognize my library), this after several uninstall/reinstalls.

I know I could have made it work, but since the previous iTunes update had also given me trouble (some CDs not recognized when loaded for importation, and then impossible to eject!), I decided enough was enough, and reverted to an older version which did not have these issues (V7.7 to be precise).

The additional features in V8x are of no interest to me. I use iTunes to deliver 44.1/16HKz music files to the DAC... I don't use it or the computer for anything else. (BTW, if you listen to classical, the "Genius" feature in V8 is 100% useless).

So on to the point :

I reinstalled V7.7, and here I am listening to it, and... I'm certain that what I'm now hearing sounds better than what I'd been hearing for the past few months (or more). A lot better!

Has anyone else has had a similar experience with iTunes?

jd*

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