M audio Delta cards

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Although they have different converters, to the human ear is there a huge difference in sound quality between the Audiophile 24/96, Delta 44, and Delta 1010 cards
 
Assuming you use the same mics, recording software and all that. I don't think you will be hearing much of a difference at all. The 44, 66 and 1010 will sound very similar, but you may pickup some noise through the audiophile because the convertes are right on the card and not in a break out box.

-Angermeyer
 
The converters for the Delta 44 and Delta 66 are on the card too, not in the breakout box. The Delta 1010 is the only one of those with converters that are not on the card.
 
the noise floor between the 44/66 and 1010 is different, probably due to the 1010's convertors being in the breakout and using slightly better convertors I think...

but there was a recent post on this and the 1010's noise floor was around -90dB while the 66 was around -80dB...

I dunno about you but last time I checked, I couldn't hear a difference between -90 and -80dB... hell I'm not even sure I can hear down to -80dB
 
jdechant said:


I dunno about you but last time I checked, I couldn't hear a difference between -90 and -80dB... hell I'm not even sure I can hear down to -80dB
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At some point I switched from Audiophile to Delta 1010. There is an audible difference between the two. It is not just signal to noise ratio. Even tracks recorded through Audiophile sounded with more definition when played through Delta.
 
Hey jdechant

As far as I know the decibel scale is a relative scale.

"I dunno about you but last time I checked, I couldn't hear a difference between -90 and -80dB... hell I'm not even sure I can hear down to -80dB "


Down 80 dB from what? The loudest sound you've ever heard?
A jet plane? A needle dropping on a concrete floor?

I think that's what the ????????????? meant
 
the ???????'s meant that i didnt understand how you can hear a "noise floor".....as far as i know, noise floor just tells you pretty much how much of dynamic range you have to fool with....from 80-90 might not seem like alot, but with digital recording, every db can count......of course thats my opinion only.......
 
right...

didn't mean to confuse anyone... what I wrote wasn't meant to be taken seriously.... some twisted humor I suppose.

and well to me a 80db and 90db dynamic range are pretty similar considering both are not very realistic ranges... human dynamic hearing range is about 120dB... the day we get convertors that will do that range will be a happy day for me (I like to use dynamics in my recordings)... do we have convertors that can do the human dynamic range yet (120dB)?
 
I think you are mixing up units. It's confusing 'cause there are several ways to measure decibels depending on the application. In a nutshell, you are discussing sound pressure decibels and signal level decibels as if they were identical and they are not.
 
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