Audacity Forum

But the 13" MacBook Pro's have no mic/line in, so I can see the value of the UA202 for that purpose as mentioned.

I think the headphone output on my MacBook Pro puts out in the neighborhood of 2v. Most of the DACs out there put out a similar voltage.

Itunes runs on top of QuickTime Services and QuickTime comes with a "real" Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft MP3 license. This is the group that designed MP3. Anything you do after that is up to the hardware. The Headphone Out of a Mac is not terrible. I use mine for testing other audio equipment. It's not a...

I am on OSX10.8. I haven't bought a DAC yet, I was considering JDS Labs ODAC.

People say there are better music player software options like Bit Perfect, Amarra, Decibel, Pure Music, Audinvanna, and this software came up in a search.

Can this software be used just for playing mp3's on a laptop? I was looking for a step up in quality from iTunes. I downloaded Decibel by S Booth, but it has no EQ or tone shaping features.