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From: Daniel S. Riley dsr@mail.lns.cornell.edu
Subject: Re: AD516 quality - bullshit
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 97 18:14:00
tonid@elektron.pl (Tomasz Nidecki) writes:
> 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 ra=
> tion, etc. are pretty much the same as the AD516's...
There is a lot more to a digital audio card than the converters, and
hence a lot of other things that influence the quality of the sound.
The quality of the analog parts, the layout of the board, isolation of
the analog pathways from the digital gunk, filter design and quality,
all matter (unless, of course, you have digital ins and outs).
I haven't played with any of the newer cards, so I can't make any
comparisons, and I'm certainly not claiming the AD516 is a model of
perfect design (nor is it particularly bad)--but I just couldn't let
the claim that the codec is the only significant determinant of the
boards sound pass unchallenged...
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Dan Riley dsr@mail.lns.cornell.edu
Wilson Lab, Cornell University HEPNET/SPAN: lns598::dsr (44630::dsr)
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