> Just thought I would take a moment to appreciate the OpenBSD audio > subsystem. I don't know if it is just me, but instead of using my > phone to listen to Youtube I plugged the headphones into my desktop > machine. It's a small PC with an older model Atom processor and > Realtek ALC887 on the board. Headphones are ~$10 from Monoprice. > > Good Lord, it sounds fantastic.
It is pretty good. Surprising integration. There are a few problems with MUTE buttons on some laptops, in particular some generations of thinkpads. But on the whole, a surprisingly small subsystem that operates quite well with the weak realtime gaurantees of OpenBSD.

