About to purchase RME HDSP 9632. Good Buy?

[TheArchitect]

Originally Posted by kickz

im about to purchase this product for tracking beats. any comments before i make the purchase. or is there somethin close to dat price worth saving for dat can offer me more happinness?

You will need to stop saying "dat" before I will answer that question

[kickz]

can anyone else who has their mind focused on music and the question i asked help me. thanks.

[TonyBelmont]

What kind of converter are you going to get to hook up to it?

[Sirocco]

for a small amount more you can get a motu 828MkII or a rme fireface 400..

[kickz]

thanks for the reply tony and ali. definately two trusted opinions. i was planning on using the built in converters. the motu is £200 more (yeah i'm from the UK) and the fireface is £300 more. not really in my budget. should i be ok with the rme hdsp 9632 just for tracking my beats giving it a good sound?

[defjamm]

yes it's good for the price, great drivers.

[morebutter]

the 9632 doesn't have converters it is just a digital interface to your converters. that said its excellent at what it does. i have the 9652 going to a rosetta 200. there is an option to add 4in or out on a seperate PCI card, not sure how much it costs. check the rme website.

[kickz]

is there any truth to what the last post says? here's an extract from the RME website:
"As usual, RME has not made any compromises: Latest 192 kHz AD- and DA-converters with more than 110 dB signal to noise ratio, all inputs and outputs simultaneously operational,..."

???

[Sirocco]

im saying it would be a great buy to get a 828MkII or a Fireface400 rather than getting the 9632 and converters..cause even if you get get top-grade converters...the difference will be very SMALL between the fireface and ...i dont like the motu;s converters *and drivers* as much..

[TonyBelmont]

Originally Posted by morebutter

the 9632 doesn't have converters it is just a digital interface to your converters. that said its excellent at what it does. i have the 9652 going to a rosetta 200. there is an option to add 4in or out on a seperate PCI card, not sure how much it costs. check the rme website.

I thought the same thing, but after researching it appears to have 2 balanced in's and out's. Everyone I know that uses the 9632 just uses the lightpipe I/O, so I can't comment on the sound of the 9632 built in converters. But, they are 24 bit/ 192k capable & RME makes quality stuff. It's probably better than most products in the price range & leaves plenty of room for expansion.

[Sirocco]

Originally Posted by TonyBelmont

I thought the same thing, but after researching it appears to have 2 balanced in's and out's. Everyone I know that uses the 9632 just uses the lightpipe I/O, so I can't comment on the sound of the 9632 built in converters. But, they are 24 bit/ 192k capable & RME makes quality stuff. It's probably better than most products in the price range & leaves plenty of room for expansion.

makes sense also

[morebutter]

Originally Posted by morebutter

the 9632 doesn't have converters it is just a digital interface to your converters. that said its excellent at what it does. i have the 9652 going to a rosetta 200. there is an option to add 4in or out on a seperate PCI card, not sure how much it costs. check the rme website.

sorry for the misinfo--the 9652 doesn't have analog i/o so i assumed the 9632 didn't either. as tony said most people including myself use it as a digital hub to their external converters. the analog i/o is just sort of 'extra'.

[Agzilla]

I use one myself, with the 'built in' converters and analogue in and out...

Nice sound, no glitches, no problems....

Like Tony said...easy to expand upon later, and a great option in the price range, i bought mine while i wait to get an 'ensemble'

it works great..

[TheArchitect]

Originally Posted by morebutter

the 9632 doesn't have converters it is just a digital interface to your converters. that said its excellent at what it does. i have the 9652 going to a rosetta 200. there is an option to add 4in or out on a seperate PCI card, not sure how much it costs. check the rme website.

That is not correct. The 9632 has 2in/2out analog capability and you can add expansion cards for an additional 4in/4out for a total of 6in/6out analog.

I have no issue at all with the converters it has onboard. They sound great. It will be far more than sufficient for your needs.

[defjamm]

Originally Posted by TheArchitect

I have no issue at all with the converters it has onboard. They sound great. It will be far more than sufficient for your needs.

thumbsup

imho before worrying about rme converters(or replacing them with something better) you should put your money into your room, monitoring and recording chain.

and even when you have covered everything and update to something better you can still use the rme as an audio interface.

[freshmints]

the card is very good ,
the converters are very good aswell .
try to make an a/b blind test with
beats converted tru a motu and a 9632 nobody on
this board will be able to notice a difference .
you can record up to 32/192 nothing more to
expect from a carf for this price
imo

[kickz]

apologies in advance but what is the difference between having 32 channels on it compared to having just 2?

[freshmints]

if you refer to my post ,
i was talking about 32bit 192khz
the card as its sold offers :

stereo analog I/O
1x adat I/O
1xspdif
but you can buy expansionboards to upgrade your I/O
when you got the need and money for it
rme offers several solutions