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[Evolver] Re: D/A converters

2005-05-09 by phdinfunk

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, Robert Krueger <rkr1@t...> wrote:
> polyf0nken wrote:
> > the said A/D converters on SB Live are rather thin and sucky in my
> > experience. i used to have one and the difference when moving to
> > proper sound cards was really something to write home about.
> > 
> > t.. /polyfonken
> > 
> 
> 
> You get what you pay for when it comes to soundcards....

Can you say where the price-point cutoff for good A/D converters 
lies?  I've got a preamp-compressor (I forgot who made it, DBX, 
maybe?) with a built in converter that blows my soundcard out of the 
water...  But I dropped a few hundred clams on it.

Jonathan

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