> Have you thought of buying a decent pci sound card? A PCI solution > would mostly likely be better in almost every way. > You can choose a level of price quality, and > 8 channel out is easy > to find. My echo 3g does that fine, with no arseing around and i would > suspect superior sound quality, if not put and DAC you like on the > ADAT out... ;) > > Loki I have actually. I'm thinking that i could get *fantastic* quality out of a RME MADI and that multichannel converter they have. However, the inputs and 64 channels ^o.0^ is overkill. If i get a good pci card and are therefore doing the D/A conversion in the box how much do i need to worry about electrical isolation and noise and all that? Frankly i think we audiophiles can be full of it. I have a ultra quiet system (scythe brand fans) and even using the on board sound, putting my ear right against the tweeter (a micro-thin cylinder tweeter) and turning up the amp and sound mixer to max i can't hear a *thing*. No fan noise, no hum. Nothing. Thanks folks. -- Bearcat M. Şandor Bearcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Jabber: bearcat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: bearcatsandor@xxxxxxxxxxx Yahoo: bearcatsandor AIM: bearcatmsandor _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
