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A comment on Ask HN: Is onboard audio still good enough compared to dedicated Sound Cards?.

Re:Ask HN: Is onboard audio still good enough compared to de... by IAmPym on Monday February 03, 2025 @11:08AM (#42919629)
No. Definitely not.

I was very surprised after doing some mixdowns on the onboard laptop soundcard on my Macbook pro that it sounded AWFUL when pushed to real speakers. Tried it on two other laptops.

Will never use a laptop sound card for real audio work or even listening again

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Re:Ask HN: Is onboard audio still good enough compared to de... by datadrivenangel on Monday February 03, 2025 @12:11PM (#42920400)
Macbooks have surprisingly bad interactions with external audio devices these days. I've had all sorts of digital artifacts in the audio, and the only actual crash that I've had occurred when replugging in an audio device.
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