Thanks, Paul. Guess my knowledge wasn't so wrong after all. > digital is digital, so the actual data being delivered by S/PDIF or > ADAT or MADI or any other digital protocol/format will be identical. Yes, that's what I thought. So, the digital coming out <expensive card> should be identical to the digital from my MB. Unless there is some other software layer (which I don't think there is), I don't see how it can be different. > but the key to the sound is the digital->analog conversion step and > then any degradation/noise/distortion that occurs in the analog domain > after that. Oh, that just takes more expensive gear :) But, generally, out board will be cleaner than a computer sound card??? Seriously, the more I can do out side of the computer box, the more comfortable I am. Thanks. -- **** Listen to my CD at http://www.mellowood.ca/music/cedars **** Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA ** EMAIL: bob@xxxxxxxxxxxx WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
