<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/6/14 Ralf Mardorf <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net">ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
On Mon, 2011-06-13 at 09:14 -0400, Paul Davis wrote:<br>
> On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Ralf Mardorf<br>
> <<a href="mailto:ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net">ralf.mardorf@alice-dsl.net</a>> wrote:<br>
> > Hi,<br>
> ><br>
> > I made a sound check, that isn't a valid test, just a test to get a<br>
> > coarse impression, but it's positive that for the 'RME analog out / ADAT<br>
> > out test' the signals were out of phase.<br>
><br>
> I have no idea why you would expect two analog signal paths with<br>
> independent D/A conversion would ever be in phase.<br>
<br>
Thanks, that was what I wanted to know, so it's not broken. I didn't<br>
expect that, I was told that when synced "NOTHING" would differ. I<br>
claimed that I don't believe this and seemingly I didn't mistake. It's<br>
important to be aware of this ;).<br>
<br>
> I also have no idea how or why you are doing a test that involves<br>
> playing a PCM file in one case and apparently playing an audio CD in a<br>
> CD player in the other.<br>
<br>
No valid test, just a test to hear, if at least the sound quality of a<br>
(less good?) CD player is reached, fortunately it is reached, even with<br>
the elCheapo Terratec, 44.1 KHz it's quasi equal for the RME, Terratec,<br>
the CD player, when listening by the Behringer console. But when using<br>
Totem (no jackd) the sound differs, which doesn't mean that the sound<br>
quality is less good or better, the sound is different. Again, this<br>
isn't a valid test, regarding to the abilities of e.g. the RME card. It<br>
was a test to ensure that the sound quality won't get more worse, than<br>
the worst sound quality of my home equipment. The most worse equipment I<br>
own and use is the Pinoeer CD player and the Behringer mixing console.<br>
The less good sound quality is at the border to what I can stand,<br>
anything less good I can't stand. Even with best equipment I can't stand<br>
44.1 KHz very long, for e.g. synth music, of course I'm able to listen<br>
to old blues recordings that are terribly broken, because of the soul by<br>
this music, but for e.g. synth music I need 48 Khz at a quality given by<br>
Sony equipment, my Terratec sound card e.g. can't provide this sound<br>
quality, even not at 96 KHz. I don't know why, at least I suspect the<br>
analog op-amps as being bad.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Ralf<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>then, what's the need for those invalid tests? :)</div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">moreover, I would not say old blues recordings are terribly broken, 192Khz super-ultra-mega-super-funky AD/DC to analog converters won't save if the music you are playing/recording with is... brokenù</div>
<div>:)</div><div><br></div><div>regards</div><div>-r</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><i><span></span><span>L'unica speranza di catarsi, ammesso che ne esista una,
resta affidata all'istinto di ribellione, alla rivolta non isterilita
in progetti, alla protesta violenta e viscerale.</span></i><br>