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I posting the clips of a simple test I did that started a long discussion:
Conversion.....overated?
I took a CD wav rip of the Steely Dan song "Peg" and ran the output from the M-Audio Profire 610 back into the inputs on the Profire and recorded the result. The test was done because I wanted to hear what the D/A and A/D stage on my Profire was doing to the audio.
Take a listen and let me know what you guys with the really high end D/A's are hearing. If you could state your listening setup (D/A and monitors) that would be great.
One 30 second sample is simply the original file, the other passed through the Profire converters. Can you tell which is which?
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Mytek converter v.s. Digi 002 converter:A/B Test here!
the performance curve vs. price is not lineal, its logarithmic. but its not always true.
there are some verry overpriced converters out there that dont sound good.
Found: Lavry Gold AD122-96MKIII vs. Apogee AD-16x
digital loop tests is not the best way to test converters, but its fun.
the best way is something like:
pure analog direct transformerless condenser mic ---> clean mic.pre---> AD -->DA vs. DA ---> analog console--->Big Far Field "Cinema" loudspeakers.
vs.
direct analog from mic.pre--> in analog
here are some interesting original files:
https://gearspace.com/board/gear-sho...est-redux.html
loop tests are verry limited to many variables, like listenin equipment, AD quality, wordclock jitter, cable quality, etc... its like a window inside a window.
for example; ive done loop tests with Emu 1820m, in the loop test didnt sounded soo bad, but listening 1820m DA vs. other DA the diference is incredible. the 1820m DA sounds verry colored in the mids, the E-DSP 576ps wordclock sounds totally lifeless.
here is another interesting test:
https://gearspace.com/board/gear-sho...hout-ears.html