emu 0404 is here

[Edwood]

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Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer lan, what mods have you done to your other EMU's? I know you mentioned the power conditioning before, and something about blackgates...

He modded the external box to use an external power supply, which he then plugs into power conditioning.

That initally excited me about the 1820m, but the raw performance of the unmodded RME HDSP has me thinking inside the box now.

-Ed

 

[Slim_Shady]

so, the buttom line is that the 1212M (in this case 1820M wich suppose to have the same sound quality as the 1212M. isn't it?) isn't much better the 0404. 10% improvment?

 

[lan]

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Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer So it sounds like the 0404 is a good middle of the road solution for those who want more than the Chaintech has to offer, but can't afford or don't want to sacrifice the extra PCI slot for the 1212M. lan, what mods have you done to your other EMU's? I know you mentioned the power conditioning before, and something about blackgates...

Just new caps for now. It takes a while to burn in and I like to do only one thing at a time to quantify any changes. I use the CAT6 cable also.

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Originally Posted by Glassman lan, could you provide us with hi-res photos of the card? thx for all..

Sure I'll take one later.

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Originally Posted by Slim_Shady so, the buttom line is that the 1212M (in this case 1820M wich suppose to have the same sound quality as the 1212M. isn't it?) isn't much better the 0404. 10% improvment?

I've never heard a 1212m and my 1820m isn't stock so can't really say for sure. 0404 also uses an AKM DAC which has a different flavor than Crystal one so it's not only a performance difference.

 

[yeeyy]

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Originally Posted by lan RMAA 16bit 44.1khz result RMAA 24bit 44.1khz result The results maybe limited by the cheaper ADC.

Yes, you are right, as mentioned by ICHi himself over HERE.

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On the 0404 the ADC limits the DAC in loopback so you should be seeing 109-111db. Measured discretely the 0404 DAC is actually very close to the 1212M/1820M 114-116db.

 

[zachary80]

Are you going to mod the 0404?
I would like to see how a modded one compares to a modded 1212m

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

I am only going to mod one if someone sends me one to mod. I have no interest in the card for my own purposes, ATM.

 

[Distroyed]

lan would you consider lending your 0404 to someone with the stock 1212m (or someone who's familiar with it, such as IronDreamer) for the benefit of the community? Or vice versa... anyone with a stock 1212m mind lending it to lan for a week? We'd love to know if the 1212m has much better analog output than the 0404!

 

[richx]

You mean if the EMU0404's analog output is anywhere as good as the EMU1212's analog output. If it's 98% of what the EMU1212 can give you, I'd buy one today and get over my conundrum over which interface to go for ...

 

[lan]

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Originally Posted by zachary80 Are you going to mod the 0404? I would like to see how a modded one compares to a modded 1212m

I might change some caps. I am not really going to use this card myself so there is no point in investing a lot of time or $ in this. I may give it to my dad.

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Originally Posted by Distroyed lan would you consider lending your 0404 to someone with the stock 1212m (or someone who's familiar with it, such as IronDreamer) for the benefit of the community? Or vice versa... anyone with a stock 1212m mind lending it to lan for a week? We'd love to know if the 1212m has much better analog output than the 0404!

It makes more sense to send a 1212m to me because the comparision would be done in the same environment. If anybody is game for this, cool. I'd compare the digital outputs also.

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Originally Posted by richx You mean if the EMU0404's analog output is anywhere as good as the EMU1212's analog output. If it's 98% of what the EMU1212 can give you, I'd buy one today and get over my conundrum over which interface to go for ...

I imagine it will be close.

 

[richx]

Gosh I'm so anxious to find out how the EMU0404 measures up to the EMU1212 from the analog output!

 

[Slim_Shady]

how's the 0404 compared to the Audiophile 2496?

 

[lan]

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Originally Posted by Glassman lan, could you provide us with hi-res photos of the card? thx for all..

here's a 3+ MB JPEG

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Originally Posted by Slim_Shady how's the 0404 compared to the Audiophile 2496?

I no longer have AP 24/96. The 0404 is a much better card.

 

[richx]

Whoa! That's really high-resolution picture indeed! Many thanks to Ian for providing me with a new wallpaper!

 

[fguo79]

From the photo, I notice E-MU0404 using AK4395 DAC which is the top product from AKM. It is supposed to support 24/192, then why E-MU0404 only
give out 24/96. Any comments?

 

[Distroyed]

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Originally Posted by lan It makes more sense to send a 1212m to me because the comparision would be done in the same environment. If anybody is game for this, cool. I'd compare the digital outputs also. .

Well it would be the "same environment" regardless. But do we have anyone willing to ship lan their 1212m for comparision? A lot of us have been holding back on making another soundcard purchase because of the 0404.