Re: [LAU] S/PDIF

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 1:06 PM, <fons@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 12:05:07PM -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
>> External
>> gear may have better power - less ripple, better load regulation,
>> etc., and better clocking which allows it to do a better job.
>
> That is quite correctly put: it _may_ have better power.
> In practice it depends on how well it was designed, and
> and on the quality of the components and construction.
> In other words on what you pay for it.
>

Seems like that's mostly the way it's supposed to work, not that it always does.

> There's a world of difference between a Behringer and an
> RME Multiface, to name two extremes which I measured.
> And in fact I've seen internal sound cards that are cleaner
> than some external ones.
>

Good examples.

The thing about the internal cards though is the card can be good but
the PC can be really, really bad and that effects what the internal
card can accomplish. The external unit, on the other hand, is likely
to work the same way day after day, year after year, no matter what PC
I use, no matter what distro I choose.

I've been very happy with my RME HDSP 9652 using an external word
clock generator to drive all my interfaces and external D/A and A/D to
get audio in and out. The more modern RME stuff is probably far better
than what I use. Again, it's mostly you get what you pay for, as long
as you're careful about what you pay for.

- Mark

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