I appreciate the offer but i wont waste any more of your time. if you guys think it doesnt seem normal then it probably caused by me or by my hardware, ive had nothing but probs with my 002 since day 1 its been sent back 2 times within 6 months, and it takes 5 weeks each time i send it away to get it back, my bloody m-box has been more reliable, the second time, the dealer who i bought it off gave me a loan 002, only cause ive spent so much money there and hes afraid of losing my business, and it was solid as hell. The guy at the store who is a digi rep said the 002's have been quite flawless,but he actually told me that there was a slightly defective batch that were sent out to be sold knowing that they werent up too scratch. Which is great when youve just paid 2grand aus for 1 and its stuffed from the get go, I took it back and they say, sorry digidesign policy, no refund, no exchange, and we dont have any spare for you to take in the mean time. but i was basically after a (yeah Samplitude has a reputation of being a lot more stable an so forth), or the answers you guys have given, which leads me to believe, either, a=im the prob, or b=my system, ill do a norton ghost clean up the pc fresh install, things like that conduct the test with m-box, and 002, see what happens. I got an error during playback the other day in Pt which ive never seen before, which had something to do with inaccurate clock source, I know that aint good, and i havnt done anything out of the ordinary to achieve this. but like i said just hearing what you guys had to say about it is enough to ensure me that the difference should not be noticable. Also im embarrassed for you pros to here my own work. I think a daw shootout is in order. Anyone interested, ill do my bit, but thanks for your time guys. After performing somemore tests ill see what happens. Is anyone interested in a Daw comparison of some sort, i know it could be difficult, but i think it would be worth while to put these rigs through the ropes, mixdown a song through various daw with same plugins and so fourth i could do an le test with m-box and 002, that is if you trust my 002. Cause im a bit tired of heresay when it comes to the performance of these system against each other, like hd vs levs nuendo vs cubase vs sequoia and so on. Sorry for the long post, and thanks again for your replies.