[LAD] FOSS Ethernet Soundcard

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On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:46:02 +0100 (CET)
karl at aspodata.se (Karl Hammar) wrote:

> Adrian Knoth:
> > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 09:48:53AM +0100, Karl Hammar wrote:
> > > So ich habe mal was zusammengedichtet ....
> > > > > The rationale in brief:
> > > > > No proprietry hardware soundcard needed.
> > > > > Almost all modern computers have reasonably fast Ethernet connections.
> > > > Don't know how much you already did for the hardware layout. If
> > > > possible, try to avoid analog stuff, that is, ADC/DAC.
> > > You don't say why we should avoid analog stuff.
> > 
> > Like always: Analog parts are hard to build. You need to calibrate your
> > circuits, you have tolerances in almost every component, you need a lot
> > of knowledge to manufacture a high-quality ADC/DAC.
> 
> My goal is not to compete with high quality manufacturer, it is to see 
> how far this takes us. Others might have other goals.

Very much my thoughts too :)

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