Clemens, Werner, list; On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 4:53 AM, Clemens Ladisch <cladisch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > chris hermansen wrote: >> [...] >> Based on the above, if I were going to rip some vinyl through this >> sound card, I would connect the phono pre-amp to the Aux jack. > > The Aux input goes through a very crappy analog mixer (a CM9780). Ewwwwwww! That sounds like it should be avoided. I wasn't able to find a datashet on it but I will take your word for it. > >> I understand what you are trying to do. For sure you want the >> incoming analogue signal to be at a high enough level before you >> convert it to digital > > This is a good idea in general, but on the Xonars, the line input > bypasses the CMI9780 (this is why there is no hardware volume control), > so you get better quality by using line-in and then doing amplification > on the digital recording. Depending on Werner's analogue - side equipment, there may be an option like: phono pre-amp -> receiver -> pre-amp output -> Xonar line in that offers some more analogue gain. Or maybe a higher-gain phono pre-amp. This site http://www.kabusa.com/pregain.htm offers some useful pointers. This has me curious. Sometime this week I think I'll run my tape outputs to my DX and see what that's like. -- Chris Hermansen · clhermansen "at" gmail "dot" com C'est ma façon de parler. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ Alsa-user mailing list Alsa-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-user
