Mac audio upgrade?

[Aceca]

When the home iMac got zapped by a mains surge, The need to replace the fried HD and RAM meant that I took the opportunity to instal a better hard disk (bigger, faster, double cache size) and max out the RAM.

 

Here's the question;

 

Does it really sound better (with iTunes) and if so, why does it sound better??

 

I hesitated to believe it at first, and remain moderately skeptical, but other who have heard it all report, unprompted, the same improvements. Cleaner sounding and a sense of greater power, body and control. My neighbour asked if I had upgrade with bigger amps!

 

I think it has to do with the Mac being out of commission for a while and then re-aquainting oneself with already good sound, which explains my reaction, but not that of friends and neighbours.

 

What do you think? Can these upgrades improve the sound quality?

 

 

[Mr.C]

Ram can improve sound by decreasing the system's use of virtual memory which is slower and forces the hardrive to work really hard.