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Anyone know of any good analog to digital converters besides the art dio?
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Some converters I've used.Apogee Rosetta > $700 48/24 or 96/24
Midiman Flying Cow ~$300 48/24
MSB Tech PAD-1 ~$800It really depends on what your doing to pick a good A/D converter.
david
If you're working in the 16/44.1 world, I don't think any coverters top Apogee's lineup. If you're just going to DAT or CD or something basic like that, the Rosetta is awesome. Apogee's UV22HR (which is a method of increasing the resolution of a 16 bit signal) does very impressive stuff - once you're used to the sound of stuff mastered with UV22HR it's hard to go to other converters, you lose some warmth and resolution.Just my 2 cents...
--jeff
I am using one of these ( $650 ) and it is very musical. Made for radio broadcast. Nice.
Interesting. I couldn't find much commentary on these when I looked. Wrong side of the pond i guess. Where did you buy it? What else have you compared it to?Greg B
I bought it directly from their US distributor in Maine (check their site). I have not compared it to anything. But when I plugged it in between my all tube McIntosh tuner ( MR-67 )and Mark Levinson 390s ( which only accepts digital inputs ), it sounds beautiful. Apparently they are a well respected British company which makes these things for broadcast radio.Steve
Thanks for the tip. The red case looks cool and would make things easier for my application, but I still wonder how it's sonics compare to lucid, rme, etc. How did you decide on this relatively obscure A/D D/A?I guess I'll stick with the art di/o for now anyway.
Greg B
I decided upon it from web searches. I never saw the art d/io im my searches (pre asylum days) or I might well have tried it and bought. I just listened when I put the Sonifex into my system, and was very pleased with the results at 24 bit/ 48 khz. Please also remember that I am using this A/D with a McIntosh tube tuner from the early 1970's, and although it is in perfect condition and brought up to spec annually, it is not a source that demands perfection...
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