Which are the most important, the A/D's or the D/A's?

[gramps]

RME FF800 going in and Apogee DA 16x going out.
Apogee AD 16x going in and RME FF800 going out.

thanks
g

[amino]

If those were the choices...

For tracking I'd go for Apogee AD 16x going in and RME FF800 going out.

For OTB mixing I'd go for Apogee AD 16x going in and Apogee DA 16x going out.

[chandlersonic]

Originally Posted by amino

If those were the choices...

For tracking I'd go for Apogee AD 16x going in and RME FF800 going out.

For OTB mixing I'd go for Apogee AD 16x going in and Apogee DA 16x going out.

Yeah, or just get a lynx aurora 16 and get 16 great channels of ad/da for the price of one apogee...

[A440]

Originally Posted by chandlersonic

Yeah, or just get a lynx aurora 16 and get 16 great channels of ad/da for the price of one apogee...

is the lynx aurora 16 really in the same league as the apogees? if so..that's a helluva saving in $'s..

[ABGen]

can you explain why you wouldn't just use the FF800 AD & DA

[stump]

is the lynx aurora 16 really in the same league as the apogees? if so..that's a helluva saving in $'s..

The Aurora's im my opinion are definitley in the same league. I can not really say one is better than the other, but to me their completely different sounding converters! Its really gonna come down to application.

[stevetgn]

Originally Posted by ABGen

can you explain why you wouldn't just use the FF800 AD & DA

yeah!
I have 2 FF800 and the converters are a lot better than most people give them credit for. Although I do use the converters in my Focusrite ISA220 fo a lot of the A/D.

[ABGen]

Originally Posted by stevetgn

yeah!
I have 2 FF800 and the converters are a lot better than most people give them credit for. Although I do use the converters in my Focusrite ISA220 fo a lot of the A/D.

The Fireface outperformed the Rosetta / Apogee converters in a blind A-B test here:

http://gearslutz.com/board/showthrea...ighlight=ff800

[gramps]

ABGen,

my partner (who now lives in arizona and i'm in michigan where the tracking is done) will at some time in the future be pulling his gear out of the studio. and since some of the gear will be leaving then the question was more posed for is it best to have your top converters for the final monitoring and output (utillizing external gear) for mixdown more important the the incoming converter.

realistically i would probably favor going the lynx route (been using the lynx 2 for years).

[stevetgn]

Originally Posted by ABGen

The Fireface outperformed the Rosetta / Apogee converters in a blind A-B test here:

http://gearslutz.com/board/showthrea...ighlight=ff800

Not suprizing. there are very good, they just don't have that "percived super high-end" reputation.

[IPLayHamers]

I have the Fireface 800 and IMO it's one of the best converters out there, regardless of price.

I had a friend describe the sound as being "true" to the source material, which is what I expect in a converter. The converter also retains the low end that is sometimes lost in other converters (mainly Digidesign).

You can't go wrong with one or more of these.

[drewrevolution]

What sound does the aurora give off? I'm very interested in these

[Lynn Fuston]

In my opinion, the ADC is the far more critical conversion. That is based on lots of listening tests that I have performed myself over the past 15 years.

[djui5]

Originally Posted by Lynn Fuston

In my opinion, the ADC is the far more critical conversion. That is based on lots of listening tests that I have performed myself over the past 15 years.

I agree. What good would it do to have great conversion going out, if you got shit going in?

Hello...

[gramps]

much thanks to all.

g

[numrologst]

the lynx are designed to be precise.... The apogees are designed to be precise but with a tinge of color

[chandlersonic]

Originally Posted by A440

is the lynx aurora 16 really in the same league as the apogees? if so..that's a helluva saving in $'s..

I sold my apogees to get auroras and I'm a happy man, I don't think they're better or worse...a little different but on par with the apogee.
For half the price it was a no brainer for me.
Got 32 channels of ad/da for $6000...Same would be over $12000 with Apogees .

[cosmos]

Originally Posted by chandlersonic

I sold my apogees to get auroras and I'm a happy man, I don't think they're better or worse...a little different but on par with the apogee.
For half the price it was a no brainer for me.
Got 32 channels of ad/da for $6000...Same would be over $12000 with Apogees .

im realy thinking of dooing the same thing, i heard the auroras and they are wonderful, defintly on the same par with apogee. i need 32 channels !!!

chandlersonic - do yu use the internl clock of you lynx ?

[ABGen]

have you looked at multiple FF800's?

[chandlersonic]

Originally Posted by cosmos

im realy thinking of dooing the same thing, i heard the auroras and they are wonderful, defintly on the same par with apogee. i need 32 channels !!!

chandlersonic - do yu use the internl clock of you lynx ?

I have but not always. I like to clock it to a UA2192 ( when I can ) it sounds dope!!

The internal clock is really cool. Lynx says it's better to use the clock on the aes16 card but I actually like to use the clock on the aurora better, sounds better I think, not a huge difference but I do think it's slightly better.

I doubt you'll be disappointed with the Auroras, and if you sell the apogees you actually get some extra dough for some other goodies!!