> > > Florin Andrei wrote : > > > > Anyone using the latest RME HDSP 9632 driver in ALSA, while also using > > > > the expansion cards? I mean, the newer AI4S-192 and/or AO4S-192 which > > > > are required to get the 192kHz sampling on all analogs. > > > I have a 9632 now and also the 4 port analogue expansion card. > > The new, 192kHz ones?
Hi, tested this very briefly last night (I only have enough plugs to wire up a single channel...), and got sound out of it!! Wahey! Yes, it is the new 192Khz one, and the card has balanced, large 1/4" phono sockets out of the back (which is useful, yet inconvenient). For what it is worth, I have an RME 96/8PAD card, and the sound quality (analogue out) is basically identical. Test done using a fairly decent hifi system with speakers. Perhaps with headphones you could discern a difference? I would suggest that you could save money and stick with the 96khz 96/8PAD card unless you need some of the 9632 features Both however, have excellent sound quality and are easily on a par with my Meridian 508.24 CD player. I can hear practically no difference on the analogue output of each. I would very much recommend the card to anyone looking to implement a high end hifi system and not wanting to have to feed CD's into the machine (rip 'em all to the HD and play them all from the couch with a remote control...) However, as a negative to the 9632 card, I find that I can't use it with many apps such as Mythtv, mplayer, etc. The sound just stutters. I suspect that the driver defaults to a short period size and some of these apps don't request anything other than the default? Is there any way to use the asound.conf file to force a specific period size? Since this is just doing home music duties, I don't really need or care for the ultra-low latency capabilities of the 9632... It would also be extremely cool if there was a simple master mixer control in the alsa mixer. This would reduce all channels simultaneously and allow easy use as a 5.1 surround component. Thanks very much to Thomas for writing this driver! Ed W ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ Alsa-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/alsa-devel
