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Medea
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gutter
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Medea
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gutter
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Posted : Dec 22, 2008 12:21
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oops didnt notice it was that class
so why asking, if theres plenty of money he can get even a Lynx with separate converters for watching movies 
but what kind of budget is for the card really? a motu maybe would be perfect
http://www.motu.com/products/motuaudio/ultralite-mk3
supports also 6.1,7.1 
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Medea
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Posted : Dec 22, 2008 15:49
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well, after some research i assume that any, even cheap soundcard with optical output will do the job just fine, because optical=digital => no quality loss.
The only possible problem is jitter. Can anyone give a quick advice about jitter, is it really something i should think about in that case or not?
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gutter
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Posted : Dec 22, 2008 16:04
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yeap you pass by the conversion, had forgot that
but jitter??? nothing to do with that kind of use, even the RME cards produce jitter of nanoseconds i think,, these values are impossible to make something audible or to produce lower signal quality in the range of a decent soundcard youre after (in terms of money always) 
jitter is produced by the components(transistors etc) of the machine, therefore it exists everywhere if im not mistaken,, if your friend will use the card with a PC a great solution would be an HDSP by RME without converters, only with ADAT-SPD/IF on the back, and can be found also used, a lot of times ive seen it on ebay and forums
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Methodic Marble
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Posted : Jan 27, 2009 18:55
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Greating everyone
I got a issue , i trying to decide , so it would be great to have some opinons e feedback.
So the thing is , i goins to buy a sound card, i between Motu utra lite and RME 400.
i m more into the RME, but anyone can tell m why is RME better?or what are my advanteges in getting a RME and note the motu utra lite.I currenttly working on pc, but i have a mac and problably i will start(again) produce in a cople of months.
By the way , i think this is a importante question since this is a soundcard treat.
What makes a Soundcard good?And why?
Ok drivers..right? more? dynamic range?frequecy range?Latency?ins & outs ? and more?
hopping to get some feedback guys 
Stay well
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Methodic Marble
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Posted : Jan 27, 2009 18:58
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1 more thing ? firewired or usb?
i my opinion firewired is best...
but recently a friend of mine who supost to be really into pc´s and what ever say that usb 2.0 is better, especialy with soundcard. ????!!!
Opinions?
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Jaadoo
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Posted : Jan 27, 2009 19:10
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On 2009-01-27 18:55, Methodic Marble wrote:
Greating everyone
I got a issue , i trying to decide , so it would be great to have some opinons e feedback.
So the thing is , i goins to buy a sound card, i between Motu utra lite and RME 400.
i m more into the RME, but anyone can tell m why is RME better?or what are my advanteges in getting a RME and note the motu utra lite.I currenttly working on pc, but i have a mac and problably i will start(again) produce in a cople of months.
By the way , i think this is a importante question since this is a soundcard treat.
What makes a Soundcard good?And why?
Ok drivers..right? more? dynamic range?frequecy range?Latency?ins & outs ? and more?
hopping to get some feedback guys
Stay well
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Dude, ou are answering your own question. 
Both are good, IMHO
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Methodic Marble
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Posted : Jan 27, 2009 19:14
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Methodic Marble
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Jaadoo
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Suloo
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Posted : Jan 27, 2009 20:06
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Imo RME makes the very best drivers for sure..no problems with it..very rock solid build..
And sound is just incredible wich i canot say by the Motu at least from the ultralite..sounds a bid mumphy to my ears.
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Kane
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Posted : Jan 27, 2009 21:11
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On 2008-12-22 15:49, Medea wrote:
well, after some research i assume that any, even cheap soundcard with optical output will do the job just fine, because optical=digital => no quality loss.
The only possible problem is jitter. Can anyone give a quick advice about jitter, is it really something i should think about in that case or not?
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I don't think I'm totally sure what you're suggesting, but I can tell you that there are different types and sources of jitter, one of which is line induced. Connecting a digital output to an external DAC will add jitter, regardless of the DAC's clock crystal quality. Some of it can be caused by low quality and low precision components that cause phase noise and other distortion mechanisms. Most digital interconnects will also attenuate high frequency components of the signal, causing a transition delay. So, yes, buying a cheap interface/sound card just to use its digital output will probably have a detrimental effect on the sound.
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Comatoze
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