Hello all, New EMU 0202 USB owner here, just received mine yesterday. Anyway, my laptop is a Celeron M 1.5GHz with 512MB RAM, with WinXP SP2. The Windows Task Manager shows CPU utilization hovering around 16% when playing FLAC/MP3s in foobar/xmplay. Versus only 4% when using the onboard...

E-MU Systems - Tracker Pre USB 2.0 - USB Audio/MIDI Interfaces The specs page suggests that it's a slightly beefed up 0202. It can be AC powered, and (therefore?) max output power for the headphone amp is 22mW, vs 16mW on the 0202 (and 20mW on the 0404). Edit: Whoops, old news! Already...

maeda, how adequate is the 0202's headphone amp for the HP1000? I have a pair too, and am trying to decide between 0202 & 0404.

Anyone got one yet? This place looks like it has them both?: http://www.floridamusicco.com/default.htm

Hmmm, As I understand it, the ripping will be done by grabbing the stream played by WinDVD. So like any other player playing audio straight from the DVD/CD, chances are high that artifacts will get into the stream right? Unlike ripping with EAC where erroneous data is reread for perfect accuracy?

Not so sure myself, but here are some of the stuff that come up if you do a search for 'distortion' at the Audiotrak support forum: http://www.esiforum.com/show.asp?db=...mode=3&msg=518 http://www.esiforum.com/show.asp?db=...mode=3&msg=548 http://www.esiforum.com/show.asp?db=...ode=3&msg=1260

Thanks guys, but I think we might be talking about different cards here. The Prodigy LT is a slightly different and newer incarnation of the original Prodigy: Prodigy 7.1 LT Original Prodigy 7.1 Differences between both cards are outlined in a table at the bottom of the LT's page, but...

How about the headphone amp on the Prodigy 7.1 LT? Is it as powerful as the Revo's? Or better/worse?

Drat . Um, reason? Even in stereo?

Anyone have any idea how it stacks up against the competition? Would it reach/exceed the AV-710/Audigy 2's standards? In ))Stereo(( mode, I mean. Here's the new Shuttle: XPC ST20G5 (Athlon 64 Socket 939) And here's what's driving its onboard audio (Azalia): ULi M1573 Southbridge Here's...

AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 939) - $146.00 MSI "RS480M2-IL" ATI Radeon XPRESS 200 Chipset Motherboard - $92.50 Seagate 80 GB Barracuda 7200RPM SATA - $71.00 Kingston 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 - $48.00 SONY Black 16X DVD-ROM Drive - $26.00 Logitech Cordless Desktop LX700 Keyboard and Mouse...

Asus Pundit - ~$130.00 / Asus Pundit-R - ~$160.00 Intel Pentium 4 Northwood/ 2.26 GHz 533MHz FSB, 512K Cache - Retail - $127.49 Seagate 80 GB Barracuda 7200RPM SATA - $71.00 Kingston 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 - $48.00 SONY Black 16X DVD-ROM Drive - $26.00 Logitech Cordless Desktop...

Well, if you're thinking of taking the sff (small form factor) route, this model uses the same chipset as the aforementioned MSI motherboard: Shuttle XPC ST20G5 Should be available in a few weeks, with an ERP of ~$350.00. So the price for this setup would be $798.95 (previous setup) -...

Here we go... ~2Ghz P4 class AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (Socket 939) - $146.00 >=80Gb storage Seagate 80 GB Barracuda 7200RPM SATA - $71.00 512MB RAM Kingston 184 Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200 - $48.00 LAN, basic audio onboard USB2.0 and Firewire DVI out MSI "RS480M2-IL" ATI Radeon XPRESS...

Yeah, I guess you're right. I should be looking at real voice recorders to handle my recordings. The thing is, I'd like to carry a minimal number of stuff when walking around... don't want to be seen as an unelegant version of Inspector Gadget . Olympus, hmmm... thanks, maybe I'll have a look...