Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2002 10:47 pm
People seem to complain about noise with
the A16 Ultra do they use really cheap converters
the A16 Ultra do they use really cheap converters
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Posted: Tue Jul 09, 2002 11:59 pm
they are probably referring to the fan noise.
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 1:15 am
Fan noise? Does the A16 ultra have loud fans? I mean loud eg above 20-25 db. What about the Luna 2496, Does it have fans also?
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 2:14 am
He's probably referring to the earlier A16, the current A16 Ultra (which I've got), does NOT have a fan = totally silent.
AFWIW, the A16 sounds great, I'm using it in Logic 5 at 24bit/44.1k.....sounds very nice indeed.
Regards...Dave
AFWIW, the A16 sounds great, I'm using it in Logic 5 at 24bit/44.1k.....sounds very nice indeed.
Regards...Dave
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 3:57 am
The A16 uses the AKM 4524 converter...
But "noise" has nothing to do whith the converter chip. It´s more likely that the powersupply and some signal interfearances of the analog path are responsible for noise. You don´t actually hear the differences of converter chips. Recording a signal whithout any processing most often just gives you some different flavors, sometimes a little more dimension whith different converters.
The "motherboard" and "clock" of a converter determins the digital part of the sound. But it is mostly the quality of the analog part that determins the sound, like the "slew rate" of the Op-amps, frequency response of the "transients", "analog filters", "phase-coherence" of the path and a "powersupply" that filters unwanted interferences.
Regards,
Sunshine
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But "noise" has nothing to do whith the converter chip. It´s more likely that the powersupply and some signal interfearances of the analog path are responsible for noise. You don´t actually hear the differences of converter chips. Recording a signal whithout any processing most often just gives you some different flavors, sometimes a little more dimension whith different converters.
The "motherboard" and "clock" of a converter determins the digital part of the sound. But it is mostly the quality of the analog part that determins the sound, like the "slew rate" of the Op-amps, frequency response of the "transients", "analog filters", "phase-coherence" of the path and a "powersupply" that filters unwanted interferences.
Regards,
Sunshine
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Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 10:37 am
There is almost zero noise on my A16 Ultra, very low noise floor, better than the Yamaha 03D by far, better than the Pulsar analog I/os too... remember for many of the people who have these and report problems that it's their first interface, and it's made more for balanced connections. Also one must setup the jumpers properly on the back for +4/-10 operation and have the right cables... if setup and wired properly the A16 Ultra is very impressive indeed.
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 6:02 pm
Thanks for the information, has anyone compared it to some of the RME converters or swissonic?
Posted: Wed Jul 10, 2002 6:15 pm
I compared it to the RME's, and discovered that 16 channels of RME costs twice as much as the A16 Ultra 
Kim.
Kim.
Posted: Thu Jul 11, 2002 6:04 pm
HeHeHe