Art DI/O digital conversion

Vince · Post by **Vince** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 7:24 am

How important is digital conversion, is there a big difference in sound quality? Right now I'm guessing I have a mediocre sound card, it's the card that came with my G4 computer. I'm using an all right mixer as a mic preamp and mixing in ProTools. I’ve read good things about the Art DI/O as an inexpensive way to make junk sound cards sound decent. Has anyone used these or other converters? Vince

Post by **interruptor** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 10:22 am

the importance of conversion quality: The first time I used MP3 files (128k) I listened to them using a good headphone (~200 Euro/$) connected to a cheapo terratec soundcard (~20 Euro/$). I couldn't tell the difference between the MP3 and the original 16bit 48kHz audio file! If I listen to MP3s on my current setup I can clearly hear the difference. So for me it's no question that conversion quality DOES matter. I don't know about the ART converter you mention though.. <IMG SRC="http://www.interruptor.ch/cgi-bin/discu ... laster.gif">

midiband · Post by **midiband** » Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:11 am

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