[linux-audio-user] Latency question

[Rick Taylor]

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 18:21:05 -0400 Paul Winkler <pw_lists at slinkp.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 05:01:17PM -0500, millward wrote:

> > How bad is  2 ms latency?
> > I'm trying to decide upon a sound card and
> > I've noticed that the Creative Sound Blaster
> > Audigy 2 has a 2 ms latency, but offers
> > "hiss free" audio fidelity at 106 dB SNR.
> 
> hmm. I'd look at independent test results before I believe
> any such SNR specs. it's possible that they've produced
> such a card ...  it's also possible they've fudged the specs.
> 
> as for the 2 ms latency... i don't think there's actually any
> difference between the cards there, I think they're talking about 
> different things.  An input -> output round-trip will 
> invariably have some latency,
> and 2 ms is pretty close to the hardware limit. The "zero latency"
> feature of some "pro" cards means that you can monitor inputs before
> they go through the A-D / D-A conversion so you don't hear a
> smeary delay on the live parts.  I don't know if the Audigy does
> this.

 Personally, I think I'd go with MAudio {An audiophile or something.}

 {:} But, then, you knew that.}