Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: Cheap USB "soundcards" (resending. Now with subject)

Hi Frank Frank> Hallo, Frank> Carlo Capocasa hat gesagt: // Carlo Capocasa wrote: Frank> But there are no cheap FW cards out there at all, except Frank> the Behringer, which isn't supported AFAIK. And latency Frank> numbers are irrelevant when listening to music. Plus: Most Frank> laptops only have firewire connectors that cannot be used Frank> to power the FW soundcard, so you cannot use it without an Frank> external power supply. Yes. They are much more expensive. I only think I will a firewre card if I can get hold of a used one cheap. Most of them also use coaxial spdif instead of toslink. Most of the devices I have use toslink..but then I have a computer with coax Frank> Nice card, dead easy to set up and will play MP3s with Frank> acceptable quality (you won't get 24bit/96kHz out of Frank> "CD-quality" music anyways, so if listening to that kind of Frank> music is your priority, those higher output formats aren't Frank> of much use to you). Has 6-channel output so you can even Frank> use it for DJing with Mixxx etc. The internal adc/dac is Frank> only operating at 20bits, though. Yes I maybe think the Audiotrak uses a better converter(but then I lose the toslink spdif input). The distributor of Terratec producer & Auditrak in Denmark is writing on his page that the audiotrak optoplay uses the AKM AK4353 DA 24bit/96kHz which he says is the same Terratec Producer uses About the cd-quality and 24bit/96kHz. I have seen that some of the hifi cdplayers(Thule Audio) is actually upsampling in some of the models and says that by doing that they can make the filters better, but I don't know is this is just marketing hype Frank> I have used the card on stage, but I've upgraded to the Frank> Terratec Phase26 by now which has better sound quality Frank> because of better converters. However I think the Aureon Frank> has a really good price/performance+features ratio that is Frank> very hard to beat. Yes I know the Terratec producers card..have actually recommended them. A long time ago I had an Terratec EWS 64 XL ;-) And got my father to buy and MT-88 I think it was called. I actually like terratec's cards...and that was also the card I found first in my search In Denmark the Audiotrak optoplay cost about 66,7 euro & the Terratec Aurion is 46,7 euro Thanks for the answers Hasse