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Steve - Didn't mean to be rude with that comment. Someone did a comparison between Mytek and Genex, a friend of a friend, here in LA. He was apparently surprised. and thought the Mytek sounded better. Also, another person mentioned that the Genex sounds a little harder than the Mytek.
I have recently read comments where people were very happy and surprised with their Genex GXA8, which someone said was a little better than the ones built into the Genex recorders.
But it was the friend of a friend's comment that made me not bother to listen to the Genex. Perhaps we could get together sometime and listen to both.
I think it's in the analog stages that Mytek probably wins out. The Genex uses more stock off the shelf components than the Mytek from what I know. Mytek uses a really good op amp which I can't name here, but I can tell you that it's not something most pro audio designers are generally hip to.
One reviewer mentioned having problems with an early Genex GXA8's analog input stage. It's probably been improved since then, but still..... makes me wonder. I know a lot of people use Genex for classical music though, so they must sound pretty good.
Speaking of reviews, one thing noteable in Bobby Owsinski's Surround Pro review of the Mytek ADC 8x96 is his mention of it's lack of upper midrange etch. Upper midrange etch is exactly the term that Dr. Fred Bashour used in his PAR review to describe the sound of the Genex GXA8.
For the record, neither of these are the converter that was mentioned as having an attenuated upper midrange in another post.
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