>>>>> "Frank" == Frank Barknecht <fbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Hi Frank
Frank> Hallo,
Frank> Carlo Capocasa hat gesagt: // Carlo Capocasa wrote:
>> I would generally recommend firewire cards at the moment since
>> I have the feeling you might at some point use the same device
>> to start doing something that requires low latency with your
>> device.
Frank> But there are no cheap FW cards out there at all, except
Frank> the Behringer, which isn't supported AFAIK. And latency
Frank> numbers are irrelevant when listening to music. Plus: Most
Frank> laptops only have firewire connectors that cannot be used
Frank> to power the FW soundcard, so you cannot use it without an
Frank> external power supply.
Yes. They are much more expensive. I only think I will a firewre card
if I can get hold of a used one cheap. Most of them also use coaxial
spdif instead of toslink. Most of the devices I have use toslink..but
then I have a computer with coax
Frank> Nice card, dead easy to set up and will play MP3s with
Frank> acceptable quality (you won't get 24bit/96kHz out of
Frank> "CD-quality" music anyways, so if listening to that kind of
Frank> music is your priority, those higher output formats aren't
Frank> of much use to you). Has 6-channel output so you can even
Frank> use it for DJing with Mixxx etc. The internal adc/dac is
Frank> only operating at 20bits, though.
Yes I maybe think the Audiotrak uses a better converter(but then I
lose the toslink spdif input). The distributor of Terratec producer &
Auditrak in Denmark is writing on his page that the audiotrak optoplay
uses the AKM AK4353 DA 24bit/96kHz which he says is the same Terratec
Producer uses
About the cd-quality and 24bit/96kHz. I have seen that some of the
hifi cdplayers(Thule Audio) is actually upsampling in some of the
models and says that by doing that they can make the filters better,
but I don't know is this is just marketing hype
Frank> I have used the card on stage, but I've upgraded to the
Frank> Terratec Phase26 by now which has better sound quality
Frank> because of better converters. However I think the Aureon
Frank> has a really good price/performance+features ratio that is
Frank> very hard to beat.
Yes I know the Terratec producers card..have actually recommended
them. A long time ago I had an Terratec EWS 64 XL ;-)
And got my father to buy and MT-88 I think it was called. I actually
like terratec's cards...and that was also the card I found first in my
search
In Denmark the Audiotrak optoplay cost about 66,7 euro & the Terratec
Aurion is 46,7 euro
Thanks for the answers
Hasse
