macs notebook or pc or listening to very high HD music

[Woahduds]

my brother pick over any mac for my alienware because he says macs have better sound quality which i think is not true, but in his defense he says that professional use it because of the better sound quality, i did some research and macs seem to not have any sound card, and my alienware have a realtek hd audio. If anyone have a mac notebook please tell me how the sound quality is

[Arty]

all systems have built in sound. im 95% sure you can't tell the dif without hookin up to expense equiment ,do a blind random test you will see you can't hear a dif (as long all settings are configured right)

[Firearm2112]

Every device has a sound card. I would wait until the next Mac refresh as it will probably include beats audio. Right now, the 15" has much better audio then the 13" models.

[Paralectic]

Custom built PC > Mac, Alienware, Prebuilt trash.

 

"my alienware" seriously..

 

sigh

i'm out

[Woahduds]

Custom built PC > Mac, Alienware, Prebuilt trash.

 

"my alienware" seriously..

 

sigh

i'm out

it was when i was dumb mmk

[MrSuperb]

my brother pick over any mac for my alienware because he says macs have better sound quality which i think is not true, but in his defense he says that professional use it because of the better sound quality, i did some research and macs seem to not have any sound card, and my alienware have a realtek hd audio. If anyone have a mac notebook please tell me how the sound quality is

 

alienware vs apple .... lol

[MrSuperb]

Custom built PC > Mac, Alienware, Prebuilt trash.

 

"my alienware" seriously..

 

sigh

i'm out

 

show me that custom built notebook

[MrSuperb]

Back to the original question ...

 

 

The newest Macbook Pro / Air afaik use a Cirrus 4208-CRZ chip, which indeed is quite good.

[NannerBeans]

Neither. External dac/amp

[MrSuperb]

Neither. External dac/amp

 

haha .. nice ... not even reading the OP

[Woahduds]

haha .. nice ... not even reading the OP

are you talking about the 2014 pro?

[hannson]

all professionals working on music with macbooks have an external soundcard. they don't use the onboard one...

[Scia]

my brother pick over any mac for my alienware because he says macs have better sound quality which i think is not true, but in his defense he says that professional use it because of the better sound quality, i did some research and macs seem to not have any sound card, and my alienware have a realtek hd audio. If anyone have a mac notebook please tell me how the sound quality is

 

Realtek is an integrated solution. But yes, Mac over Alienware. Alienware is horrible.

[Sors]

my brother pick over any mac for my alienware because he says macs have better sound quality which i think is not true, but in his defense he says that professional use it because of the better sound quality, i did some research and macs seem to not have any sound card, and my alienware have a realtek hd audio. If anyone have a mac notebook please tell me how the sound quality is

 

From personal experience, the Macs I have tried do have a better amp in the headphone output, it really depends on what kind of headphone or earbud you are using.    Granted I was using a very picky XBA-4 earbuds to test, which not all devices can drive properly because of their low impedance.

[dalekphalm]

Custom built PC > Mac, Alienware, Prebuilt trash.

 

"my alienware" seriously..

 

sigh

i'm out

No offense, but that attitude is not wanted here. That #PCMasterRace bullshit can be left at the door. LTT is a place that is about educating fellow tech enthusiasts and is (on purpose) a very noob friendly environment. Yes we know that Alienware PC's are generally overpriced, but rather then acting like a total jackass and making LTT look bad, we should help @Woahduds out and then maybe for his next PC, he'll custom build or use a better boutique builder.

[Woahduds]

No offense, but that attitude is not wanted here. That #PCMasterRace bullshit can be left at the door. LTT is a place that is about educating fellow tech enthusiasts and is (on purpose) a very noob friendly environment. Yes we know that Alienware PC's are generally overpriced, but rather then acting like a total jackass and making LTT look bad, we should help @Woahduds out and then maybe for his next PC, he'll custom build or use a better boutique builder.

and i did two weeks ago http://pcpartpicker.com/p/KXQpQ7

[NannerBeans]

haha .. nice ... not even reading the OP

I did read it. And if you really want to know then it depends on which mac and which windows. Most of them will be the exact same. Dac/amp is better then both but it really depends on your situation. What I got from the question was what is the best and that would be neither. 

[Decon]

15" MBP Refresh is a pretty good option for a laptop IMO 

[BudgetEngineer]

my brother pick over any mac for my alienware because he says macs have better sound quality which i think is not true, but in his defense he says that professional use it because of the better sound quality, i did some research and macs seem to not have any sound card, and my alienware have a realtek hd audio. If anyone have a mac notebook please tell me how the sound quality is

Producers use Macs because they have a very well established software ecosystem for mixing and music creation. Absolutely nothing to do with onboard hardware, monitoring is done through an expensive external sound card or other device.