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In Reply to: Re: Analog -> A/D -> D/A = Analog? posted by ws on May 17, 2001 at 02:45:04:
And can attest to their transparency , they have 2 inputs and I have a few analog sources - A Micros Seiki TT , a Tuner a Tape Deck and the nalog output of the DMX (constant music) from a satellite decoder (we dont get digital output here from our systems)
As to the Phono side of things , there is IMHO no loss , the 96 sampling rate takes care of analog up to 40k and the 24 bits allows 256x less quantisation error , jitter etc than a 16 bit AD
Considering vinyl is at best 13-14 bits , you have a ton of overhead
I can plainly hear differences in phono stages , carts , arm and different interconnects using other items
I have tried "pro-audio" 24/96 AD's as stand alones or in combination with digital processors or Via DAT and find them less than transparent compared.
It's a very simple and elegant solution and is something you can tuck away out of sight and forget as it uses a simple wall wart Power supply (you can use a regulated one if you are anal and is a little bigger than a pack of ciggies - perhaps if you speak nicely to Glen at Z-sys , you can get a slight reduction ?
The criticism leveled at AD's is based on those with low sampling rates low wordlengths , modern stuff well designed is very very good
The only problem one has with an AD is a VERY hot analog signal which could cause digital clipping , and I have had no problems in that regard at all with anything I have thrown at it
Rodney Gold
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