rme vs. lucid conversion

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Hey all. I'm getting ready to begin a project and have a question. I'll be tracking through an A-designs Mp-2 and eventually to my RME soundcard. I do have a Lucid 9624 AD converter. My question is should I track through the lucid and into the RME digital in, or bypass the lucid and go directly to the RME card relying on thier converters? Simply stated, who has the better converters, RME or Lucid?
 
Well, let's see ... one is a sound card. The other is a fairly well-respected and moderately expensive standalone converter.


I dunno. I'm stumped.
 
Being aware that one is a "SOUND CARD" many individuals state RME along with Lynx sound cards have as good if not better conversion than many stand alone converters i.e. alesis, SMPro audio, flying cow, etc.
 
chessrock said:
Well, let's see ... one is a sound card. The other is a fairly well-respected and moderately expensive standalone converter.


I dunno. I'm stumped.
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Yeah Chess - being a Lynx L22 owner, I'm highly offended by that statement....highly I say!
-RD
 
jhag said:
Being aware that one is a "SOUND CARD" many individuals state RME along with Lynx sound cards have as good if not better conversion than many stand alone converters i.e. alesis, SMPro audio, flying cow, etc.
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That's actually a pretty accurate statement. And in fact, most consumer sound cards have gotten to the point to where they sound excellent, and can even give the standalone converters a run for the money ... or at least to the point where they're not a liability in the signal chain.

But seriously, if you go out and buy a dedicated, standalone converter that costs 3 times as much per channel as your sound card ... then why the heck would you bypass it in favor of your sound card's converters? :D Why the heck would someone buy it in the first place?
 
Try recording both ways and see which you like best.
 
chessrock said:
But seriously, if you go out and buy a dedicated, standalone converter that costs 3 times as much per channel as your sound card ... then why the heck would you bypass it in favor of your sound card's converters? :D Why the heck would someone buy it in the first place?
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The reason behind this is that I actually had the Lucid first, used it with an old Yamaha DSP Factory. Then I bought the RME having heard of its great conversion abilities and was wondering how the two matched up.
 
The best is to try them tghem both. Personally, I like the sound of the Lucid a little better, but not by much. It just seems to be a little "wider" sounding. It's really close though. Without good monitors you may not even be able to tell the difference. You may even find that you like them both but in different ways and use them each on different tracks:)
 
Xstatic,

Thanks, I'm sure I'll A-B them. Thanks for your opinion!
 
True - always listen for yourself.

I've got both converters. Lucid 9624 AD and RME digi 96 with both 2 channels of AD/DA built in and the added 4 channel balanced AEB expansion board.

No comparison with the sound quality in every aspect and to my ear it's not subtle. Lucid's lows are richer, highs are sweeter, transients are distinct but no edginess added (that's probably the biggest difference). The RME sounded good to me and produced some pretty good recordings, but when I A/B'd them it sounded muddy and edgy by comparison.

Tim
 
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