CDP into PC, really? - Page 3

I asked why studios do it, and if theres an advantage, nowhere did I tell anyone to resample to 48khz, thats a separate discussion about the hardware I've got, and I'm not saying it improves quality


so because you don't like someone else's system, or their method, that makes them stupid? thats the most solid logic i've ever heard in my life, in fact, I might as well stop attending university, stop reading entirely, and just subscribe to your logic...

because you want to sit there and fling random comments that I should burn my soundcard and get a "real DAC" just to "actually be able to listen to CDs", as far as how its connected, I'm pretty sure we've covered that a few times in this thread, you might wanna invest in some better glasses


um, why is it the weak part? its got better SNR and THD figures than mostly anything on the market, excepting a few semi-pro boards, as far as "the x-fi features of the audigy", do you even know what the X-Fi and Audigy actually are? or do you just love reading marketing literature and believing that the X-Fi Prelude is some saviour of the audio world, in reality, its the second best X-Fi based card, and the 4th best Creative based card (arguably 4th, you could say 3rd if you like, and I wouldn't think less of you)

so again, why is it the weak part? because it isn't what you have? because you don't like it? because its not "perfect"?


now, as far as reading it as data blocks, yes, thats been discussed, and yes, it creates a more accurate read, because of error checking, and the ability to read the digital data as data, nowhere am I saying that my method is actually better, I'm saying it sounds better to me (and if you're seriously incapable of reading and accepting that, just stop posting, because like I've said three times now, I couldn't care less how it sounds to you, its my system and my ears)

i'm curious (not trying to fight with you) on your sources, since I've read a bit of the opposite, first of all, lets not bring Live! into this, since its a different generation and different hardware (lol), but I've read that Audigy 1 resamples everything, and Audigy 2 and 2 ZS (the whole product line, since they're all the same chip (actually the Live! and all of E-MU's current PCI cards are also that same chip, only deliniated by revision (rev 1 is Live!, rev 2 is everything else)) don't resample, unless you enable EAX, EQ, effects, etc (if you bypass all of that (which imho sounds like garbage half the time anyways) you get proper 44,1000 or 96,000 or 88,200, etc, the same is also true if you're doing ASIO in/out, it just requires bypassing the effects toys)

and yeah, I'm with you on it being strange in a studio, thats why I made the thread, just figured maybe some studio people knew something I didn't, apparently the playback sounds nicer (as my ears are telling me), but it also apparently pisses people off because it isn't identical to what they're doing

i have no idea why it does it, but the digit-life article I read on it, says it doesn't (and digit-life is normally spot-on, so I've got no reason to not trust them)

like, I know it does resample, especially if you have EAX or the EQ enabled, but from what I've read, its showing that the line from Audigy 2 and beyond don't resample with the effects/junk off

as far as the Platinum eX being special, I don't see why it would be any difference, since it uses the same drivers and basically the same hardware as the rest of the series (any differences will be things like the A/D or D/A stages, or available inputs)

and I do know that if you run ASIO, you bypass the resampling issue entirely

ignoring ALL of that, I've been very satisfied with this card over the last 4 years, and honestly don't see a need to replace it (given that it cost $200 new, and replacement is the same, if not more expensive)

like, yes, it may very well be resampling the audio to 48khz internally and putting it back to whatever, but I've never had one complaint about quality with my board, and I don't feel it logical to spend $200-$250 on a replacement on a whim

Creative X-Fi here

they say so, its only for DVD's and DVD audio, but its still not resampling entirely, although I didn't catch the lack of this support for 44.1khz (honestly, I'm glad to have a more solid answer, which is why I enjoy your posts (at infinitesymphony), this is probably the second time I've actually learned something on head-fi)

still, I'm not seeing a huge reason to drop $200-$250 into a new card (other than, new hardware is always fun)

yes, that makes logical sense, although it doesn't cover 44.1, which, while a little annoying, it isn't enough to make me go buy a new $250 sound card, nor does it bother me that much (so my soundcard is 2% less accurate than the other guy's, boohoo)