Audio Suggest a Budget Amp + speakers
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Here you go!! Sorry for the grainy pics, my mobile is all I have to take pics.
http://***.bigdisk.co.uk/164364
Replace the *** with www.
Check out the file comments for more info, a few tehnical tidbits. Let's not derail gmano's thread pls, PM me for more discussion on the setup if you want.
http://***.bigdisk.co.uk/164364
Replace the *** with www.
Check out the file comments for more info, a few tehnical tidbits. Let's not derail gmano's thread pls, PM me for more discussion on the setup if you want.
I also have a C521i. And a Delta66.
I find the E-mu to be head and shoulders above it. The DAC is a CS4398, and the card is professional grade. I've spent a lot of time in studios and demo rooms and the players that (I have heard) can beat it are Wilson Audio separates (Transport and DAC separated, cost >1 lakh) and a Lynn player that cost about 2.5 lakh. Not the C521i, the 541i, or the Cambridge Azur C540. I haven't mnaged to audition more players than those, but I think the E-mu does just fine.
I probably used the wrong term - it's a studio audio interface, not a sound card. It has two analog I/O, the rest of the ins and out are served over AES/BU and ADAT. It's not really comparable to a 'sound card' in the way we know it.
Not that it can't be improved upon. The Lynx Two has better analog circuitry, and is yours for only about US$999. The card that comes very close to it, and for a bit cheaper, is the Juli@, but the analog section is a toss-up. A good DAC with the Juli@ puts it in a class above the 1212M, but then I'd rather go for the Lynx.
IOW, yes, I think I'm happy, and I think the next level of performance is significantly more expensive than what I bought.
I find the E-mu to be head and shoulders above it. The DAC is a CS4398, and the card is professional grade. I've spent a lot of time in studios and demo rooms and the players that (I have heard) can beat it are Wilson Audio separates (Transport and DAC separated, cost >1 lakh) and a Lynn player that cost about 2.5 lakh. Not the C521i, the 541i, or the Cambridge Azur C540. I haven't mnaged to audition more players than those, but I think the E-mu does just fine.
I probably used the wrong term - it's a studio audio interface, not a sound card. It has two analog I/O, the rest of the ins and out are served over AES/BU and ADAT. It's not really comparable to a 'sound card' in the way we know it.
Not that it can't be improved upon. The Lynx Two has better analog circuitry, and is yours for only about US$999. The card that comes very close to it, and for a bit cheaper, is the Juli@, but the analog section is a toss-up. A good DAC with the Juli@ puts it in a class above the 1212M, but then I'd rather go for the Lynx.
IOW, yes, I think I'm happy, and I think the next level of performance is significantly more expensive than what I bought.
No. Someone brought it fm SGP for me 
FYI the card is now replaced with the 1212m PCI, which doesn't have the Firewire port and has a new controller. The audio performance is also marginally improved.
After a few months I am replacing the output section and voltage regulation (the card has its own PS regulator).
FYI the card is now replaced with the 1212m PCI, which doesn't have the Firewire port and has a new controller. The audio performance is also marginally improved.
After a few months I am replacing the output section and voltage regulation (the card has its own PS regulator).
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@gmano: wat amp & spkr did u buy eventually??
