Phil Leigh;163773 Wrote: > The digital output of the SB3 is very good and will outperform the EMU > (or pretty much any PC card less than a word-clocked Nuendo or similar > pro card - and probably those too). Certainly the various semi-pro/pro > cards I've used don't really compare too favourably - but YMMV. > > (to be clear - The issue is most likely to be one of noise from the PC > affecting the quality of the digital (actually analogue squarewave!) > waveform and of course jitter on the SPDIF. > > I believe that it is in these areas that the SB will beat PC hosted > cards - the PC is a pretty hostile envrionment for audio quality - it > wasn't designed to be good for this!) > > A linear supply make a slight improvement to the digital output buts > it's not a "night and day" thing and depends on the rest of your system > in my experience. > > Whether your (unspecified) AVR is up to telling the difference is hard > to say... > > Phil Wow! Thanks for the reply Phil, I was just hoping it equaled the Emu. You seem pretty confident it even excels in comparision. That makes me want one even more now. I am only using mid hi-fi HK635 as reciever and Onix Rocket towers so I wonder if power upgrade is warrented? Thanks
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