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From: Tomasz Nidecki tonid@elektron.pl
Subject: AD516 quality - bullshit
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 97 13:34:01
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
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Message forwarded by Tomasz Nidecki
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Original From: Teemu Suikki
Original To : Tomasz Nidecki
Original Subj: Re: hmm
Original Date: 18 Apr 97
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> Why do people say that AD516 Codec is much better than for example
> Delfina's - how much difference is there really???
They do? They are lying. :) Sunrize has CS4215, ie. exactly the same
codec as current Delfina! CS4231 is slightly better even, so even
Delfina DSP Lite will have at least the same sound quality as AD516..
Toccata and Prelude have CS4231, too.. It seems Crystal is dominating
the Amiga sound card market. :) Soundstage is the only board that has
a really high-end codec, it's a 20bits part.. I don't know, it might be
Crystal chip too.
By the way, I have always wondered the Sunrize pricing.. AD1012 was
about $500, and AD516 was $1500 or so. The CS4215 codec costs about
$15-$20, so the AD1012 must have a really cheap 12bit codec to make
the $1000 price difference.. :)
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/ Teemu Suikki / Delfina DSP / suikki@petsoff.pp.sci.fi / / Petsoff LP / DblScan 4000 / IRC: Zuikkis /
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There you go!
Now everyone knows about the wonderful quality of AD516 compared to Delfina :-/ ONE BIG LIE! The quality is THE SAME or even better. So the AD516 has only SMPTE and Studio 16 software that might be thought of as better than Delfina. But the pricing is COMPLETELY nonsense...
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