[rodbac]

I have an Audigy for gaming, etc, but I'm facing the prospect of my PC being my primary source for a while. I've seen a lot of mention of M-Audio (Revolution mostly), so I guess my question is this- if I'm willing to spend $50 more, would the "Audiophile" (with the RCA cnxns) be worthwhile or would it not give any notieceable improvement?

Thanks, and sorry if this has been covered before... -rodbac

 

[CrawlingEye]

In that price-range, I think two of the top contenders would be the M-Audio Audiophile 2496 or an Echo Mia Midi.

 

[Glassman]

mia should be better than AP24/96 but you forgot about Delta 410, which goes for just $100 these days and is certainly a great performer

 

[rodbac]

Hmmm- that Delta looks tempting, too- is there any difference in SQ using the dongle vs the RCA jacks directly on the card?

 

[Glassman]

theoreticaly possible, but practicaly not.. it's too short to significantly degrade performance..

 

[Ozric]

Quote:

Originally posted by rodbac Hmmm- that Delta looks tempting, too- is there any difference in SQ using the dongle vs the RCA jacks directly on the card?

Unless you have an external DAC, you can't use those RCAs that are on the card...they're the SPDIF input/output jacks. Anyway, I second the 410 as a great performer. Better snap one up soon, as both Musician's Friend as well as Newegg seem to be running out of stock.

 

[rodbac]

Good point- I guess I was thinking more of the interface or the overhead associated with one vs the other having some effect.

Still likely a no?

[EDIT] Question answered. Thanks.