No more opionions, please. lets listen. converter shootout.

kindkind · 28th March 2006

I am hoping to find out for myself which converter really is worthwhile. I need 8 channels, and also i need d/a. I have been searching the posts here and it is just indecipherable as to apogee v mytek v aurora etc..... Im sure you all know how hard it is to choose based on others posts. I think if someone can post some samples of different converters in some kind of a scientific manner the community would benefit. Whoever you are, if you have the means to do this or if it has been done and i have missed it please show me the way.
Thank you
c

copperx · 28th March 2006

The Mytek digital website has good comparisons.

******//www.mytekdigital.com/compare/index.htm

Download Foobar2000 (******//www.foobar2000.org). It has an ABX comparator (a double-blind testing tool) built in. You won't know which sample is which while testing. After the test, you will find out which sample you prefered.

Not doing a double-blind test is useless.

This stuff is SUBTLE, but still audible.

I repeat: don't try to compare the samples without seeing which one is which before deciding.

28th March 2006	#1
kindkind Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 500 Thread Starter	No more opionions, please. lets listen. converter shootout. I am hoping to find out for myself which converter really is worthwhile. I need 8 channels, and also i need d/a. I have been searching the posts here and it is just indecipherable as to apogee v mytek v aurora etc..... Im sure you all know how hard it is to choose based on others posts. I think if someone can post some samples of different converters in some kind of a scientific manner the community would benefit. Whoever you are, if you have the means to do this or if it has been done and i have missed it please show me the way. Thank you c

28th March 2006	#2
copperx Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2005 Location: Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Posts: 530	The Mytek digital website has good comparisons. ****//www.mytekdigital.com/compare/index.htm Download Foobar2000 (***//www.foobar2000.org). It has an ABX comparator (a double-blind testing tool) built in. You won't know which sample is which while testing. After the test, you will find out which sample you prefered. Not doing a double-blind test is useless. This stuff is SUBTLE, but still audible. I repeat: don't try to compare the samples without seeing which one is which before deciding. __________________ Gearslutz.com: 'cuz it sucks to know that the gear isn't the problem ...* "Do everything else right, and the equipment will disappear in insignificance." - Steve Albini "Photographers — idiots, of which there are so many — say, “Oh, if only I had a Nikon or a Leica, I could make great photographs.” That’s the dumbest thing I ever heard in my life. - Andreas Feininger

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