On Thu, 2009-11-26 at 12:19 +0100, fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 07:00:27PM +0800, Ng Oon-Ee wrote: > > > Hi fons, you're 'fons' in jack-devel, aren't you? Thanks =) > > AFAIK there's only one fons in jack-devel, and that is > indeed this one :-) > > > I gather, then, that I should be seeking information comparing the ADCs > > of the cards I listed, probably from side-by-side reviews. Prices are > > competitive with each other (from 139 USD to 190 USD) and within my > > budget, barely. Thanks for the help, again. > > For noise levels when using the mic inputs the AD converters > won't matter much, the preamp dominates the performance (unless > it's a very bad one). The converters could have an effect on > sound quality, but most types used today are quite good. > > I guess that the measured performance of my UA-5 is quite > typical for this range of products. If any one would be > really much better, the manufacturer would boast about > it and provide an EIN figure. > > Ciao, Ah, so talking about boasting about it, Presonus has an Audiobox USB unit which boasts (to quote their website) "preamps that out perform any USB-based interface hands down." None of the other manufacturers, as far as I could see, even mentioned pre-amps except to say "yes, we have them". Is this just hubris? Does Presonus really have a good name for quality pre-amps at 'all budget levels'? Should I be worried that this device doesn't seem mentioned in the alsa wiki at all? _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
