Pat Farrell;13111 Wrote: 
> At 10:27 PM 3/7/2004, Roy M. Silvernail wrote:
> >I'm curious what DACs come in at the lower end of the price spectrum. 
> The 
> >little bit that I've looked, it seemed that $800 was a low figure. 
> I'd be 
> >likely to try out something in the $200 range just for grins, but I
> can't 
> >really justify 2x system price for an outboard DAC.  I'd have to go
> Onkyo 
> >shopping first (and I seem to recall the Onkyo build-in DAC is pretty
> nice).
> 
> M-Audio and others have a lot of DAs at lower prices.
> Someone earlier on this list mentioned their
> "transit" with is about $80.
> The M-Audio SuperDAC2496 is about $300
> http://m-audio.rjmg.com/index.cfm?pid=3279
> 
> Hang around the "pro audio" (home recording studio) folks
> or the audiophile folks, and you'll see lots of DAs.
> 
> The RME line has a very solid reputation, they have a new product,
> stereo DAC announced with no price.
> http://www.rme-audio.com/english/adi/adi2.htm
> 
> 
> 
> Pat

I use an M-Audio USB Transit hooked up to my Mac Mini to record vinyl
from my Gyrodec SE > Era V Gold with great results. I'm a firm believer
in checking out pro-audio gear as you miss out on the audiophile
bullshit  :o)


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