After two years of working with so called prosumer audio cards I decided to invest hard earned cash in high end pro sound card.
I'm not quite familiar with these expensive gadgets but I do need highest possible A/D conversion quality for bucks because I 'm going to record classical instruments and Gregorian choir.
I read many positive reviews of RME and Lynx cards but RME system. (ADI-96 Pro + Hammerfall HDSP 9652) is priced over 2000$ while Lynx Two PCI card is "only" 1000$.
Now, in country where I work not many people even heard about Lynx Two and RME card are unbelievably pricey and out of range of most project studios so I depend on recording forums and people who had some experience with above mentioned converters.
Which one would be better for my particular field of work. I am willing to spend 2000$ on RME combo if converters are accurate, transparent and equal to Lynx beacuse I would like to have standalone unit but not if Lynx Two's are audibly better .
Is there any difference between Adi 8 Pro DS and Adi-96 pro converters except for number of channels?
Any other suggestion in this price range, 1000-2000$?
What about ESI Wami Rack 192x.? Specs are similar to Lynx Two and some say that they both use same converters and circuitry but how can it be when Wami is much cheaper and it comes with rack unit and decent mic preamps?
I'm not quite familiar with these expensive gadgets but I do need highest possible A/D conversion quality for bucks because I 'm going to record classical instruments and Gregorian choir.
I read many positive reviews of RME and Lynx cards but RME system. (ADI-96 Pro + Hammerfall HDSP 9652) is priced over 2000$ while Lynx Two PCI card is "only" 1000$.
Now, in country where I work not many people even heard about Lynx Two and RME card are unbelievably pricey and out of range of most project studios so I depend on recording forums and people who had some experience with above mentioned converters.
Which one would be better for my particular field of work. I am willing to spend 2000$ on RME combo if converters are accurate, transparent and equal to Lynx beacuse I would like to have standalone unit but not if Lynx Two's are audibly better .
Is there any difference between Adi 8 Pro DS and Adi-96 pro converters except for number of channels?
Any other suggestion in this price range, 1000-2000$?
What about ESI Wami Rack 192x.? Specs are similar to Lynx Two and some say that they both use same converters and circuitry but how can it be when Wami is much cheaper and it comes with rack unit and decent mic preamps?