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Re: Thanks Thomas, Alan....so do I need to spend big bucks on the sound card or not?

Posted by ThomasPf (A) on February 17, 2007 at 22:09:41

In Reply to: Re: Thanks Thomas, Alan....so do I need to spend big bucks on the sound card or not? posted by audionutge@yahoo.com on February 16, 2007 at 09:26:53:

Sorry if I have to disagree but this is digital only and has nothing to do with old school analog levels...

You want a card capable of bit transparent playback. I don't know whether the DAL CardDeluxe can do that but it probably can. Many $25 cards can do that and actually work bit perfect.

I would also not necessarily recommend an AES output in connection with a computer. Toslink will work the same way with the Lavry since it reclocks the incoming data anyhow and it ensures you won't transfer any electrical interference from the PC to the DAC. Optical will sound at least as good as AES/EBU but maybe better with a computer.

Any standard PC will do just fine, although from past experiences I would recommend a motherboard with an Intel chipset. I still have to find a machine where the quality of the power supply has any impact on the digital audio outputs.

Cheers

Thomas

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