[sdiy] Should I repair my Fostex, or should I go HD recording?

[Paul Maddox]

Magnus,

> > > I've never been a fan of onboard DA converters.  Bringing the analog
signal
> > > inside the computer to its world of interference has always just
seemed
> > > like the wrong plan to me,
> >
> > Seems wrong to me, too.
>
> It is wrong. If you look around you see that otherwise equalent products
have
> worse S/N in their all-on-a-card solution than when things are being split
up.

agreed, so get one of the external ADC/DAC boxs, there are plenty to choose
from.

> > But apart from the shielding, that extra 19" box would be way more
> > convenient for me to use than the loose cables.
>
> Indeed. It makes it much easier to patch things and make sturdy
connections.
> Maybe it's just me, but I've never found it very entertaining to lean over
to
> the backside of a PC. PCs really require both sides (sadly) where as real
> computers only have one usefull side! ;O)

yep, most PCs/Macs live on the floor, a 19" rack of sockets/converters is a
lot more usefull!

> I don't consider running anything else than Linux on my box. Call me corny
and
> old-fashioned, but there it is.

not at all, its your choice, me I don't care, I use which ever OS suits my
needs I have no 'fondness for anyone one over the other, they all have good
points, and bad points. I have OSX and Windows at home, and even bigger
variety at work (Mandrake, redhat, suse, solaris, dec truunix, xp, 2000,
nt4, etc, etc).

Paul