> > On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:12:42 -0700 > "Mark Knecht" <mknecht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. > > True for all monitors! I wasn't speaking about the monitors. I was speaking about the converters. Someone (sorry I've forgotten who) suggested monitors with spdif inputs. My point was that if the D/A is done inside the monitor, then there are other considerations about the quality of that conversion. Most people I know (admittedly in the Pro Tools area) that tried monitors with spdif inputs ended up bypassing that converter and using a better quality external converter. Certainly, following the D/A conversion both the amp quality and the monitors themselves are crucial. > > Exactly! The thing that has me considering new monitors in the first > place is that my monitor amp finally gave up the ghost - it had been > amplifying for 22 years, I got my money's worth! - but now rather than > dump the money into a new amp to power my aging (and not very flat) > speakers, getting a pair of powered monitor speakers seems to be the > way to approach this. Being able to free up outs 1&2 on the Delta just > seems like a bonus. Sure, I also go digitally, using ADAT, out of my Pro Tools setup, and save the analog I/Os for other tasks. Should I ever have a working Linux system based on the HDSP 9652, I'll have no analog I/Os, so I will also use one of it's ADAT interfaces the same way. - Mark
