Lucid DA converters

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sjoko2,
I think I am getting it now - once I drop it to 44k my soundcard(s) can handle the D/A conversion.
 
they have the d/a converters for situations where you want the best d/a conversion. but many of the good soundcards sound just as good on the d/a side. At least my delta 1010 does.
 
Cyan - Thge D/A's in the very vast majority of soundcards is even worse than the A/D - unfortunately.

It just a good thing that you can get things to disk properly using a good A/D.
When I'm mixing in stereo I always stay digital all the way, go into a D/A and from there direct into my monitors, using the D/A as a monitor volume control.
 
Hoppin up the front end will only give me half of the picture, if I want the full panoramic view - in living technicolor - I am gonna have to hop up the ass.
 
the dude at prorec who reviewed the swissonic compared 4 d/a. Delta 1010, the swissonic da96 sek'd 2496dsp(which costs thousands) and the sek'd 2496s.

He said that they all sounded basically the same. From my $500 card to the $3000 one.

THa'ts why I am not really bothered about d/a right now.
 
people with ears are indeed rare.

But do you think that an expensive but simple $700 d/a converter will make one's mixes sound any better?

I think I would much rather spend the $750 on that symetrix pre that you talked about.
 
I agree Cyan, completely. it nice to have a good D/A for two reasons:
1) to enable accurate monitoring.
2) to take a digital signal and convert it to analogue before doing a higher bit rate conversion, for instance, it you want to take a loop or an effect of a 16/44.1 CD.

Obviously A/D will take preference for recording.
 
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