[microsound] why does iTunes suck...

[Graham Miller <grahammiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

... the sound out of my music.

here's my setup:

imac G5 with a MOTU traveler. all the computer sound is going through  
the MOTU traveler.

now get this:

if i open a track or song in the quicktime player, it sounds  
beautiful. great. perfect. just as it should.

if i open a track or song in iTunes, the supposed Apple Music Player,  
the quality is not there. i can't put my finger on it exactly, but it  
sounds worse. slightly. there is some digital distortion, i believe.  
and these are 16 or 24 bit audio files too, not MP3 atrocities. i've  
turned off all the EQ crap and whatever else is in the iTunes  
preferences that could screw with the purity of my music. it's all  
off. but still, i think iTunes sounds terrible.

any ideas here?

why does quicktime sound fine, but iTunes doesn't?

i've had this problem since day one.

arg.

g.

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