HD and 003 comparison

[jerberson12]

do you think the sound quality and the converters in the HD core+96 system are the same with the 003? I know the performance does not.

assuming you chain, track, mix and master exactly 100% the same between the two setup, will you get the same quality?

 

[philbagg]

do you think the sound quality and the converters in the HD core+96 system are the same with the 003? I know the performance does not.

assuming you chain, track, mix and master exactly 100% the same between the two setup, will you get the same quality?

There are a fair few differences between LE and HD to be able to get the exact same result.

The TDM 48 (56) bit mixer & Automatic Delay Compensation (which can be done manually but it's a pain) are two of the main ones.

They should sound really close though. I'm not sure about the converters. But the 003 has built in pre-amps, whereas the 96 i/o does not, it's just converters for line-level signals.

 

[pezking]

Having used both interfaces a lot, I feel that the 96 does sound better, and so it should at the increased price. But the difference isn't huge.

However the 003 is a great interface, and for the price you cannot knock it.

As Philbagg says, there are many other differences there too.

I say it to a lot of people: if you can't make a great sounding recording using a 003 then you're doing something wrong.

 

[AlanSwenson]

And the 003 preamps aren't as good as the 002 ones were so you would probably need to get some decent preamps even if you bought an 003 IMO. So i won't even count that as a difference.

 

[Wolfram]

And the 003 preamps aren't as good as the 002 ones were so you would probably need to get some decent preamps even if you bought an 003 IMO. So i won't even count that as a difference.

Thats funny, most commentary I have read suggests that the 003 preamps are an improvement over the 002?

I suppose we are all entitled to our own opinion......