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From: Tomasz Nidecki tonid@elektron.pl
Subject: Re: AD516 quality - bullshit
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 97 01:24:00
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio

Yoadie yo ho !!!

Based on a message from Kenny to ,

 >> It so happens that due to the fact that both AD516 and most other cards
 >> on the market have the same Codec, their quality of sound, signal to
 >> noise ration, etc. are pretty much the same as the AD516's...
 K> Yup, I didn't mean that it was necessarly better than new cards, but it
 K> is still good enough :)

OK, then I agree :) Just as much as I don't feel a need for a PowerPC 
card right now, what I have seems to fit me well :)

 K> I did. Let me rephrase: Cause AGA is better than ECS it doesn't
 K> necessarly mean you will need AGA in everything you do on the computer
 K> just because it's better. If I make a picture in 16 colors it will not
 K> just as good on the ECS machine. If I use a soundcard that is old, but
 K> give me suberb 16 bit 48 Khz sound I don't need a SGI to do the job.
 K> Just a viewpoint.

Ok :) Here you're right :) But once you try to make a picture in 256 
colours you will see that it is much better than the 16 colours, and 
you might not want ECS any more :)

 >> AudioLab16 is a professional piece of software now available for many
 >> other platforms...
 K> Do you know if there is a demo of this program somewhere ?

Certainly, I downloaded mine from Aminet.

 K> I didn't say it was much better though it is compared to most of the
 K> cards. The reason why many praise it is made for professional usage in
 K> an environment that suit professionals. Other programs are cool, but

For people that already have it it is a good solution. But for someone 
who buys a new card I see little sense in buying the AD516 for $500 used 
if you can have a new Delfina for $400 or other, better cards like 
Soundstage that you can get for the price of the new AD516.

 >> Very soon I will have full access to an AD516 and I will very carefully
 >> test it against the Delfina board.
 K> Great, let us get an objective opinion on it :)

Sure will :)

Let me say again - I don't say AD516 is bad. It's great, but way too 
expensive compared to other cards. The capabilities are not that great 
compared to much cheaper solutions. If I got a new AD516 for $300 I would 
say it's a sensible price. For its capabilities, that's about as much as 
it is worth now.

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