[linux-audio-user] External DAC for mastering use?

[R Parker]

Daniel, I didn't catch your initial message. Why do
you want to do D/A. I would maintain digital all the
way unless I've got some external analog gear that is
very high quality. 

--- Anahata <anahata at treewind.co.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2004 at 06:49:03AM -0800, Mark
> Knecht wrote:
>  
> 
> > Over the top of all of these points, I think you
> want to be pretty 
> > careful choosing your D/A. They do sound
> different.
> 
> So the choice is between:
> - an internal DAC that may be of indifferent quality
> and pick up
>   noise from the PC's internal electrical
> environment.

Do you know what type of power is used in digital
mixers? Is it variable filtered or constant? Or maybe
it's a mixture with constant to the analog circuits
and filtered for the digital.

I've never noticed any electrical related noise in my
computer but then I don't have any analog in that
system so there probably wouldn't be any. Is this
assumption consistent with your understanding of the
problem?

I don't know much about these issue but I'm curious
because my system will need analog i/o added. In fact,
I don't know if my terminology of filtered and
constant power is correct. Probably not.

ron

> - an external DAC that will be electrically isolated
> from the PC and
>   will have nice clean power but may have clock
> jitter problems.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Anahata
> anahata at treewind.co.uk       Tel: 01638 720444
> http://www.treewind.co.uk    Mob: 07976 263827


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