Hey,
sorry for my english
after reading tons of converter threads here , i done my first big converter shoot out in my studio today and ask myself, what is wrong with your ears ?
the summaries of threads are :
auroras are well balanced, very smooth with a 3 D Sound
ssl : a little more colored than auroras but enjoy to listen to.
myteks 192: very clean, but some says cold. a little thin in bass and a little too much highs.
fireface: no comment :-)
my listing setup :
PC to fireface -> spdif -> Converter -> pasive Monitor Controler -> Klein Hummel O300 .
Software : Sampitude 9
Studio: with basstraps and diffusors.
i listen to different styles of music 60`s 70`s 80`s 90`s ...... and my result is:
The only D-A Converter with no Colour is the mytek.
All other converters have too much colour.
The worst is the fireface, then ssl then aurora.
for sure the aurora are very smooth ... but the aurora colours the sound in the 300 hz range. for my feeling they makes the music equal.
The aurors sound like, that aLL bands done their music on the same mixing console.
the ssl sounds a little boxy in the mids with better high mids (seperation) like the fireface.
All Converters have a big improvement by mytek clocking. but the basic sound off the other converters is steady.
So i Don`t understand why so many people here like the auroras and other people
don`t like the myteks ?
The myteks 8x192 are the first conversters, which i can`t hear
It is a pleasure to mix on them. For my feeling i don`t need my analog summing anymore.
i had no clue that the converter differents are so huge and i understand my
mixing - psychosis on my fireface converter. when you can`t hear it, you can`t mix it .
i love them and have to buy them.
cheers
Marc