On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 02:19:26AM +1200, Chris Edwards wrote: > fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > That's a fairly accurate description. A good example is the > > ADA8000 8-ch AD/DA with mic preamps. > > > Ah yes, I do hate the mechanical detents on the ADA8000, and I've > certainly noticed the increasing mains hum across the channels, too. > However, the worst engineering fault I've noticed is that the analog > stages clip before the ADCs! Have you observed this on yours? The result of an attenuator after the opamps driving the ADC, probably meant to reduce the noise contribution of those opamps. It's quite easy to fix this, and doing that will give you some extra gain as well. Ciao, -- FA O tu, che porte, correndo si ? E guerra e morte ! _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user