> On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:32:15 +0200 > Joern Nettingsmeier <nettings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > it does not really make a difference where you have your d/a converters. > > monitors with spdif in don't make your studio more high-end or more > > professional. the conversion has to take place somewhere. > > True, but I don't use the SPDIF stuff on my Delta1010 for much now; > if I can use the SPDIF for the monitors, I can open up another pair > of analog outs for my patchbay. Sure...makes sense, as long as the converters in the monitors really sound good. Don't forget that this pair of converters is what you'll judge EVERYTHING by. They may not have to have the lowest signal to noise of all your converters, but if they have bad clocking, or a clock that gets effected (jitter) by large power surges as you go from low volume to high volume, then all of that will show up in the sound as inaccuracy. I think the same solution (using your s/pdif outputs) can be accomplished whether the converters are in the monitors or are a stand alone set with a s/pdif input. Look at Apogee for some great, and expensive, D/A converters for the output path. (And then, like me possibly, wish you had enough money to buy them!) ;-)
