TheLastMan;301993 Wrote: > Interesting product, but my Naim 72/hi-cap pre-amp already has a very > high class phono stage so that part of the "ripper" isn't required. Plus the fact that The Ripper's phono preamp is for MM cartridges (the input impedance of 47k is dead givaway), so would be of no use for your AT OC9.
TheLastMan;302002 Wrote: > Following on from Pat's advice I have just noticed the M-audio Delta 44. > If the ADC is in the break-out box rather than the PCI card, that would > fit my specification for a hi-fi ADC to a tee (except for the use of > jack plugs rather than RCA phonos). If you can't get the 2496 working (and if it isn't because the card itself is faulty), then it's a driver incompatibility issue. In that case, my gut feeling would be that buying another M-Audio product might end you up in the same boat. (It's surely a possibility that all the Delta drivers could share some common core code). So I'd be looking at a different brand. By the way, I have nothing against M-Audio: I use a 2496 myself (driven from a Linn LP12/Ittok/Karma/Naim 42.5, as it happens), and it has never given me any trouble. As for the issue about having the analogue circuitry in an external box, consider this: 1. Noise interference simply isn't a problem with modern PCI bus cards. I strongly suspect the reason for some of these devices having external boxes is more to do with the convenience factor when switching connections around. 2. The cost of the external case is probably greater than the components inside it. Buying a single PCI card at the same price probably gets you better electronics. -- cliveb Transporter -> ATC SCM100A ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cliveb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=348 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47629 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
