[Ti] 1st Gen. 17" v. SACD CD layer

[Renaud Dreyer]

Le mardi, 10 fév 2004, à 17:57 US/Pacific, Dave Morrison a écrit :

> Renau asked:
>
>> How do you compare the output of the Echo Indigo to the normal 
>> audio=20
>> out on your PB? I was thinking of grabbing one of those cards for 
>> my=20
>> 15" Albook.
>>
>> Have they gotten rid of the bug which forced users to shut down 
>> their=20
>> PB when ejecting the card? Thanks,
>>
> It compares very favorably due to it's higher output capability, dual 
> output jacks, extremely low noise floor and 24/96 capability. I'm 
> running a set of Etymotic Research E4RS earplugs and they sound 
> incredible. As to the weird shutdown issue...they fixed that with the 
> second driver release, IIRC. If you want to do any kind of laptop 
> recording, you might want to investigate their newer I/O version.
>

Thanks, that's very encouraging. I'm only interested in the card to 
drive some headphones (Grado HP-2 or RS-1). One thing I'm looking for, 
though, is something with a coax digital input that I can use to 
convert (and upsample) my DAT tapes into CD's. Ciao,

          Renaud