24/96 Vs 10/10lt - Quality or quantity

[Fishybob]

Hi y'all.

I've just got round to updating my system to include a new Yamaha 12/4 mixer. I plan to use it mainly for the Preamps and send the signal out of each channel 'send' into an individual track on a soundcard.

I'm using an Audiophile 24/96 at the mement and think it sounds great. To make the most of these preamps I want to run each into it's own soundcard channel. The question...

... Is there a noticable sound quality difference in the inputs of each of these cards?

The LT just seems SO cheap. I wanted the 10/10 but as it'll be hardwired into my mixer anyway the breakout box would be redundant anyway.


Opinions please...

 

[Alexbt]

The Audiophile is probably similar enough.
The Delta 1010LT supports the same bit/sample rates, so that's no different, and if you have both the Delta and Audiophile installed at once, you might be able to use them simultaneously (for 12-16 inputs, depending on if you have/use SPDIF components) as some Delta cards support this.

 

[Fishybob]

True... I had heard that you can run more than one Delta card at once - been warned off doing so with the 44 because of some internal clock thingy. Not sure if that affects the 10/10lt though...?

I'd probably stick to the 24/96 for vox anyway. It sounds sweet at the moment. I just needed more flexibility.

anyone else tried both?

 

[LemonTree]

Hi y'all.

I wanted the 10/10 but as it'll be hardwired into my mixer anyway the breakout box would be redundant anyway.


Opinions please...

The breakout box on the 1010 houses the convertors and keeps them out of your computer and isolated from any electrical noise in there. They are of a much higher quality thatn the LT, hence the price. Mine are also hard wired to my mixer but they are anything but redundant. And hey.....they make nice rack fillers

I'm not saying the LT isn't a good card to get you started with multitracking, but the full 1010 is better.