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Author Topic: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2  (Read 7056 times)

mark007

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2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« on: May 08, 2007, 08:47:21 PM »

i'm in the process of shopping for an external converter. My budget is under $2000. (lavrys are too expensive for me right now, myteks - i don't want to run into customer service type of issues if ever i have problems in the future)   so my choice kinda boiled down to either rosetta 200  or RME ADI-2.   rosetta is $1800 whereas RME ADI2 is $700.   Any opinions as to the quality of conversion + internal clocks of those two devices?  Is rosetta 200 worth the $1000 extra?  i.e. are those 2 converters very close in quality or is the Rosetta really a step up from the RME?

by the way, i wanna invest in a good quality converter, one that I won't have to change/upgrade for quiet a few years.

(my applications is voiceovers - commercials, cartoons, etc)  I don't need a preamp, already have a very good one.

thank you for any advice
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Re: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« Reply #1 on: May 09, 2007, 01:41:46 AM »

RME and rosetta are not similar. Also look at crane song HEDD. Roseta 200 is a nice profesional sounding converter. The RME is a nice sounding consumer level product.
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Re: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« Reply #2 on: May 09, 2007, 05:37:35 AM »

thanks
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Fletcher

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Re: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« Reply #3 on: May 09, 2007, 07:12:45 AM »

What Brett said... and let me add that in spite of the the "boutique" appeal of the Lavry's... they're not any better than the Apogee units.
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We are selling emotions, there are no emotions in a grid


"Recording engineers are an arrogant bunch.  
If you've spent most of your life with a few thousand dollars worth of musicians in the studio, making a decision every second and a half... and you and  they are going to have to live with it for the rest of your lives, you'll get pretty arrogant too.  It takes a certain amount of balls to do that... something around three"
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Re: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« Reply #4 on: May 09, 2007, 11:56:06 AM »

I have the Rosetta 200 for my 2 Channel conversion duties and I believe that it is fairly priced when you consider the quality, the features and the connectivity which is important to me as I hate repatching.
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mark007

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Re: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« Reply #5 on: May 10, 2007, 06:16:46 AM »

thanks for your advice

- im probably gonna end up going with the Rosetta 200 rather than RME.  Quiet a few people i know also metioned the Lavry's but the cost is about $600-$700 more (practically a third of rosetta's price) and while the quality/detail of conversion might be slightly better from what people say, i'm not sure in an application like voiceovers (as opposed to say recording string quartets) the difference will be that evident. Plus the Rosetta also has added features such as the UV22HR dithering and SRC which a lot of people seem to like...
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Re: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2007, 11:36:37 AM »

mark007 wrote on Thu, 10 May 2007 07:16


Plus the Rosetta also has added features such as the UV22HR dithering and SRC which a lot of people seem to like...




Not to mention the extensive I/O.
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brett

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Re: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2007, 02:42:47 AM »

U1176 wrote on Fri, 11 May 2007 16:36

mark007 wrote on Thu, 10 May 2007 07:16


Plus the Rosetta also has added features such as the UV22HR dithering and SRC which a lot of people seem to like...




Not to mention the extensive I/O.


And can be used as a direct front end to a native or PT system usin symphony of x-cards.
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borism

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Re: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2007, 08:58:13 AM »

Hi
Fletcher May I ask what converters do you usually use to print your stereo mix?
Like Mark007, I was looking at the Rossetta200, but now I'm leaning towards the HEDD.
Thank you
Boris

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Re: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2007, 08:50:26 PM »

borism wrote on Sat, 12 May 2007 13:58

Hi
Fletcher May I ask what converters do you usually use to print your stereo mix?
Like Mark007, I was looking at the Rossetta200, but now I'm leaning towards the HEDD.
Thank you
Boris


My guess would be Radar through an analog desk
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Fletcher

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Re: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2007, 10:14:29 AM »

Usually the RADAR converters are doing the playback so we record mixes to our DAW using an Apogee AD-16X.

DAW stereo playback is handled by the internal converters in the Crane Song LTD. Avocet... multi-track DAW outputs run through the Apogee DA-16X(s) [we have 32 channels of I/O attached by X-Symphony cards to our Logic 7 rig].
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mwagener wrote on Sat, 11 September 2004 14:33
We are selling emotions, there are no emotions in a grid


"Recording engineers are an arrogant bunch.  
If you've spent most of your life with a few thousand dollars worth of musicians in the studio, making a decision every second and a half... and you and  they are going to have to live with it for the rest of your lives, you'll get pretty arrogant too.  It takes a certain amount of balls to do that... something around three"
Malcolm Chisholm

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Re: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2007, 08:41:56 PM »

Fletcher wrote on Tue, 15 May 2007 15:14

Usually the RADAR converters are doing the playback so we record mixes to our DAW using an Apogee AD-16X.

DAW stereo playback is handled by the internal converters in the Crane Song LTD. Avocet... multi-track DAW outputs run through the Apogee DA-16X(s) [we have 32 channels of I/O attached by X-Symphony cards to our Logic 7 rig].


Symphony is the route I am going with my rig as well. Not really using PT anymore and when I upgrade to a macpro I am switching from the x-digi card to the symphony and selling the PT setup.  

You're still "printing" through analog summing right?
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Re: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« Reply #12 on: June 05, 2007, 12:12:11 AM »

I have a Rosetta 200 and an X symphony card for sale if you are interested.  I recently switched to Protools HD from a Logic/Symphony System.  I now use Aurora converters with HD.  I?m new here, but have bought and sold lots of gear over at gearslutz.

I looked but did not see a place to buy/sell here on this site like there is over at gearslutz.com.  Let me know if there is one.


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Re: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« Reply #13 on: June 05, 2007, 01:54:29 AM »

Fletcher wrote on Wed, 09 May 2007 05:12

What Brett said... and let me add that in spite of the the "boutique" appeal of the Lavry's... they're not any better than the Apogee units.


My ears tell me that the Lavry Blue sound better than the Rosettas.  Different ears, different preferences...
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Re: 2 channel AD/DA converter: rosetta 200 or RME ADI-2
« Reply #14 on: June 05, 2007, 01:09:56 PM »

Fletcher wrote on Wed, 09 May 2007 12:12

What Brett said... and let me add that in spite of the the "boutique" appeal of the Lavry's... they're not any better than the Apogee units.



Better is a subjective word so maybe yes, maybe no, YMMV.

Different is more objective. They definitely sound different IMHO.
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