Let's do overkill

MediaMan

Let's just see how

this puppy works with a PC for audio.

> 2 x8 24-bit analog I/O
> 192kHz output (output 1 and 2 only; 96kHz on others); 96kHz input
> digital I/O w/ S/PDIF, AC3 and DTS (coax and optical)
> 1 x 1 MIDI I/O
> powered via DC supply or FireWire bus*
> dual mic/instruments preamps w/ gain control (66dB available gain) and phantom power
> 2 headphone outs w/ individual level controls
> low-latency software monitoring; zero-latency direct hardware monitoring
> analog outs can directly drive up to 7.1 surround
> software-assigned level controller for tactile control of all input and output levels
> 2 convenient high-speed FireWire ports
* requires 6-pin FireWire port


Specs
> frequency response: 20-40KHz +/- 1dB
> signal-to-noise: -108dB
> dynamic range (A-weighted): 108dB
> THD + N: 0.00281% @0dBFS

madmat

Yikes...$500 is steep unless you're a recording engineer type and then unless you were just piddling around you'd be using a big board and not a pc.

a2jfreak

Is that way Geeky used in his "uber system?"

BTW, I never saw the results of who won the low-budget and bust-the-budget system contest. Has it just not been announced or am I just not seeing it?

Geeky1

A2J:

http://www.short-media.com/article.php?117.0

And no, I used an Audigyw Platinum Pro ZS. The majority of my ~$148,000 subtotal was the $115,000 worth of 73GB/15,000rpm Seagate hard drives (240 of them, to be exact), plus the 4 SCSI RAID controllers for them, and the external enclosures for them.