[sdiy] MIDI + Ethernet

[Paul Higgins]

On Friday, July 9, 2004, at 02:09 PM, Glen wrote:

> Some of their USB and firwire connected external audio interfaces use a
> different chipset. The specs for some of these is slightly better, but 
> only
> slightly. When dynamic range is already over 100dB, will improving it, 
> by
> let's say an extra 4 dB, make any really noticeable improvement?

Well, I'm sure the propellerheads on the list might have some comment 
on that.  : )  The real issue tends to be S/N.  And manufacturers 
sometimes really torture the data to make the cards look better than 
they are.  Caveat emptor.  Cards with converters on board, and 
especially cards with _low-level_ inputs that plug into a PCI card will 
often have S/N problems or at least not have as stellar specs as the 
external boxes.  As always, YMMV.

-PRH

Paul Higgins
email: higg0008 at tc.umn.edu