Should Sound Quality of Computer Audio be improved

Hi Pettyofficer,
Well, I'll bite. I don't have much pull, but among other things, I buy Computers (pc) for a living. I spend enough to get their attention (few million), but realistically have little pull. I buy Acer/Gateway, HP/Compaq, Dell and a bit of Asus. In Acer, I do know some fairly high level people. I don't know what you are thinking about instead of an operating system, but lay it out, i'll take it up the ladder... I agree with you about alot that you say... but realize these companies operate on lazer thin margins, there must be a market or you are correct, they have little interest.
So, please list in order of importance, what you would like to see for your music server, realizing that the lower points, might not be looked at, at all.
I will do the best I can and report back... It could certainly take months.

Chadeffect, I think we have both taken Pettyofficer's bait. The guy is either off his rocker, trolling or simply frustrated because even though he's an engineer he ain't intelligent enough to "clean up their O.S. mess".

After all, any normal person who really felt this way about computer audio would just not bother coming to this forum at all - kinda like I don't go to home theatre forums.

I'm sure he's having a chuckle - and actually I am too!

I have to agree with Chadeffect. I have been following this thread for the shear entertainment value of it and it seems to me that one of Pettyofficer's cables is malfunctioning, or at least there is a loose connection somewhere. I hesitated to use exclamation marks.

Not giving up on Computer Audio, I still use it. I don't
get how Computer Audio is supposed to replace all other
Audio Formats, when it is being designed by Anti-Audio
Computer Manufacturer's (Microsoft, Apple, MacIntosh...
etc). It would be like hiring Furniture Manufacturers,
who cant stand one iota of Music, to build the worlds best
sounding Turntable. They don't have to, why would they want to, how can you bet the Farm that they will come through, how can you force the rest of us to bet the same.
You have an Anti-Music radical rogue element in your
formulation of Computer Audio- Microsoft, Apple, Macintosh.
They design Anti-Music, Pro-everything else O.S. and
software. They skimp on the Music end, and shift all of the
design perogative to everything Computer wise that is not
Music. This is Sabotage to Computer Audio, and your plan is
to use the Tools they design to create a Computer Audio to
replace all other Audio Formats? This sounds like a joke to
me, and it sounds alot more than a little mad! The idea
that you could touch up their Frankenstein Monster with a little dab of make-up (Wasapi,ASIO, Kernel Streamimg
Bandaids), what kind of creature are you playing with here?
You think that I am crazy? You actually believe that you have created life. Take another long look at that piecemeal Creature you have created- a crime against nature! You owe all of your results to these Computer Manufacturer's jigsaw puzzle of Abi-normal Software. You
are proud of this Dr. Frankenstein, and upset that more refuse to help. My only suggestion was that you scrap the
Frankenstein Monster and start over again...and BOY-
did I ever end up being chased by villagers with torches
and pitchforks! You have got the wrong target...oh what is the use? Now you want your Creature to toss the little girl
(Other Audio Formats) into the river- nice touch! You and
your Computer Manufacturer feinds are respondsible for that
"THING" running amuck- YOU take full respondsibility for it! I am NOT cleaning up after your mess, you do it!

Nothing to design around- so what do you need Wasapi,
ASIO, and Kernel Streaming for? Nothing to design around,
just skip it. Why should you need any of these in the first place? Who would design a System requiring them for
Audio, and why would they design it that way? Why don't
any Computer Manufacturer's include these in their O.S.
Software? How many years have these 3 Audio Software
patchworks been around? Why does it take three hours to
download an hours worth of High Rez. Downloads. Technology moves forward, anything that doesn't keep up falls behind.
Everything Computer wise non-Musical has moved forward by leaps and bounds. Compared to this Computer Audio has not kept up. Anything that doesn't keep up falls behind. If it
is behind the curve, and no-one cares to change this, what
is the point of making it the only Alpha Audio Format?
This is only an extreme exercise in redundancy. There is
only one ultimate conclusion, no sense in even including a
redundant Computer Audio Application in a Computer. It
would just be inconvenient taking away processing power from other more popular, and useful Applications. Now I
am trying to keep Computer Audio relevant, and avoid this.
You can't have Computer Audio relevant by making Audio
irrelevant. This lack of logic can only snake around and
bite you...you know where! Convenience over Sound Quality
makes Audio irrelevant. Well, we used to listen to Music-
a long, long, long ,long, l-o-n-g time ago. Slippery slope
a long way down, and no going back. Hope you know what you are doing, I have my doubts! Don't you "LIKE" Music?