[LAU] USB soundcard recommendation

[Arnold Krille]

On Sunday 03 October 2010 20:13:07 allcoms wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Arnold Krille <arnold at arnoldarts.de> wrote:
> > On Sunday 03 October 2010 12:41:30 allcoms wrote:
> >> Seeing as we have the ability, we'd like to record and mix @ 96Khz but
> >> my band mates internal laptop sound chipset can't do any better than
> >> 48Khz hence he can't use it for mixing and he's looking out for
> >> something that'd work well with ALSA thats guaranteed to be able to
> >> run JACK (at least for playback) at 24-bit/ 96Khz.
> > 
> > I am not so sure you will get that many recommendations given that you
> > seem to need 96kHz.
> > The problem is that usb1.1 doesn't have enough bandwidth to do 96kHz, at
> > least not when there is two channels each for input and output.
> > And usb2 didn't have an audio-standard for a long time, so all devices
> > use their own protocol and therefor don't really have a linux-driver.
> 
> Yes, I'm aware of all this - except there being a USB2 audio standard
> now? We're not really bothered about such a device having any inputs-
> just would've been a nice addition.

The problem is that the standard came after the devices. Whats the point of a 
standard when no (or only very few devices?) support it?

I still don't get why you want to have 96kHz but only need a stereo-out. For 
quality? Why then go with a small TRS output? And why go with a cheap usb 
soundcard? The output amplifiers and dac will be cheap, which will drastically 
reduce that "gained" quality of 96kHz. Probably it will reduce the quality 
below that of a better-brand 48kHz device...

Have fun,

Arnold
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