Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] A machine for live gigging?
From: Paul Winkler (pw_lists_AT_slinkp.com)
Date: Wed Feb 18 2004 - 16:38:10 EET
On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 11:01:30AM +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote:
> Hallo,
> Julien Pierre hat gesagt: // Julien Pierre wrote:
>
> > However, besides the obvious portability advantage of USB devices, there
> > is one other interesting feature of USB audio, which is to isolate the
> > A/D and D/A converters outside the generally noisy computer case, and
> > this can provide higher audio quality than an internal PCI device.
>
> I don't think, this is really true anymore. This was true, when there
> were cables running from the sound(blaster)card to the CD-Rom drive,
> which acted like a kind of antenna to collect electrical noise and
> induce it into the soundcard.
I think the problem has been improved, but not eliminated.
Check the noise specs for Delta-66 vs Delta-1010 - the 1010
is several dB quieter.
That said, the 66 is pretty darn quiet in my pc.
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