Pat Farrell;148180 Wrote: > > > Pat Farrell;148007 Wrote: > >> I could be wrong, but I thought that once it was digital, the SPDIF > >> input's quality makes next to zero difference. > > If you do use an external A/D converter running at 44.1kHz, you need > to > > be careful. Many of the cheaper mainstream cards that have SPDIF > inputs > > (eg. Soundblasters) resample the incoming stream to their internal > > clock speed (48kHz), and since they do it in real time, tend not to > > make a particularly good job of it. > > I forgot about that, lots of cheap stuff works only at 48k sampling, > and > then you do > a crude and rude conversion to 44.1, which never works for quality. > The > answer > is simple, make sure it really does 44.1k. > >
Lately I've been using a Behringer U-CONTROL UCA202 USB soundcard going into my laptop. It samples at 44.1 I believe. It's much better than my soundblaster was. -- swhite58 Clark Connect Linux file server->SB3->Zhaolu D3 DAC->NAD C320BEE->Polk Monitor 4.5 speakers/Sennheiser headphones ------------------------------------------------------------------------ swhite58's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5038 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28490 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
