PookyNMR wrote on Thu, 04 May 2006 15:24 |
Seems to me like replacing the engine in a Ford Pinto in order to get a nicer car. Sorry, but you still have a Ford Pinto. Sell the MOTU unit and get something that truly is a step up with a better design / implementation. |
zmix wrote on Wed, 03 May 2006 23:24 |
Update: I recently spoke to an engineer at S&S research, the company who design and build MOTU's hardware. He was apalled by the AD8066 'upgrade' offered. He stressed that the NJM4580 was one of the best parts they had found, and that the only real limitation was the 24 I/O 's converters. The converters they use in the HD192 are state of the art pieces. |
Jim Williams wrote on Fri, 05 May 2006 16:13 | ||
They didn't look very far. The real answer was, "it was the best part we could find.... that met our price-point. Using the opamp that made Behringer famous isn't something to brag about. Then again, I remember these guys in high school. They couldn't dance, they couldn't sing, they clapped on the 1 and 3 instead of the 2 and 4 at campouts. They got good SAT scores. They got EE degrees. It's called, "Revenge of the Nerds". |
crm0922 wrote on Fri, 05 May 2006 02:40 | ||
Audio is not like a car. This analogy is foolishness. The analog audio path in a converter is relatively simple. If there is a sonic limitation to the chosen op-amp, a replacement may well make a big difference. |
zmix |
To put this into simple dollars and sense, you can spend around $3500 on a 24 i/o, mods, cabling and external clocking or spend $2400 on a pair of HD192 and have 24 channels of conversion of much higher quality than the 24 i/o is capable of even with the mods. In addition, the HD 192 has real metering with 1dB steps, AES I/O with SRC and are fitted with XLRs. These things are really much more important once you stop worrying and start working. |