Pricewise, that's certainly not worth it. The Delta 1010LT is about $200, and the DSP2000 is at least $450. You can buy a lot of really good preamps with phantom power for under $250. Heck, I went ahead and bought a Beringer Eurorack UB802 6 channel mixer for $50 because it sounds clean and isn't much more expensive than the average preamp. On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 18:16 -0600, Jan Depner wrote: > On Sun, 2005-02-06 at 17:11, Phil Sexton wrote: > > Hi listmembers, > > > > Looking over the info here: > > http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/ > > > > It looks as if the Delta 1010LT has 2 XLR inputs, whereas the Delta 1010 > > only has 1/4" jacks. > > > > http://www.m-audio.com/images/en/callouts/big/delta_1010.jpg > > > > I have 1" condenser mics (AKG 3000B) which require phantom power. I > > assume neither card provides it. > > > > Correct. This is one of the reasons that I purchased an ST Audio > DSP2000 C-Port (same chipset as the Delta cards). The DSP2000 C-Port > has a pair of phantom powered XLR connectors with gain controls on the > front of the unit. Of course the other inputs are unbalanced consumer > level. There are always trade offs. Since buying the unit I've > purchased a number of tube mic preamps and compressors. If you plan on > doing this you might not need the mic preamps built in to the unit. > I've been very happy with the DSP2000 though. > > > Jan > > --
