• Registered: 2011-03-04
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Topic: Better sound if Lion 'clean install' : myth or reality ?

Hi everyone,

I just updated my Snow Leopard installation to Lion 10.7.4 - no fresh install, but update.

At first, my FF800 was no longer detected. However, just updating driver to latest version seemed to solve the issue. 

However, I was reading posts dating from 2011 where many seemed to have experienced problems, and that a fresh install made things better, more stable, allowed features not previously possible (such as changing sampling rate on the fly... - wonder why I would ''need'' this, but...), even ''better sounding''...

With all due respect to all of you guys - and this seemed to be endorsed by RME tech people here, are these 'better sounding' and other things urban legends or real?  Or, would it be possible (and I sincerely hope this is the case) that the problems that occured then are now solved issues with the new driver + 10.7.4 update combinations ? (many referred to 10.7.2 then...)

Again, I sincerely do not mean to be sarcastic to anyone here (even though I use the 'urban legend' image...

Cheers,
Rob

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Re: Better sound if Lion 'clean install' : myth or reality ?

Whatever problems there may be with update installations of 10.7, sound quality issues are not known to be among these.

Regards
Daniel Fuchs
RME

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Daniel Fuchs
RME

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Re: Better sound if Lion 'clean install' : myth or reality ?

here, in 10.7.2 fresh install, intensive sound work, AL & PT, UFX, no prob in 9 months.

4 Reply by togril (edited by togril 2012-09-13 11:57:17)

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  • Registered: 2011-06-05
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Re: Better sound if Lion 'clean install' : myth or reality ?

Not helpful I know, and annoying as it is, it is a V.GOOD THING to do clean installs (IMHO).
Sorry if I sound patronizing, there were probably good reasons you did it.

With a clean install, at least you know where you stand, and I say this from (somewhat bitter) experience!:-)

The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.

~ Albert Einstein

5 Reply by lanstrad (edited by lanstrad 2012-09-13 12:10:29)

  • Registered: 2011-03-04
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Re: Better sound if Lion 'clean install' : myth or reality ?

Thanks Daniel. This is reassuring.
Thanks to all.

I ' d also like to hear from some who may have "updated" (not fresh install) from SL to Lion with success?

  • Registered: 2012-09-14
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Re: Better sound if Lion 'clean install' : myth or reality ?

Do you actually have problems ?

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  • Registered: 2011-03-04
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Re: Better sound if Lion 'clean install' : myth or reality ?

ndeflache wrote:

Do you actually have problems ?

Not that I'm aware of.... Time will tell, this update has just a couple of days and i have been using it just a few hours so far...,