Lynx2

[Bloodz]

Really, How good are these cards? I'm looking at the Lynx2 -C card but have heard these occasional gripe about stability issues with the cards driver. Is this card better than somthing RME would have to offer.

[Oldone]

Really, How good are these cards?

Very good. Best in the box card available.

I'm looking at the Lynx2 -C card but have heard these occasional gripe about stability issues with the cards driver.

I have been running one for about a month. Have not had one issue with crashing or stalling. P4 Intel.

Is this card better than something RME would have to offer.

More clarity across the spectrum and tighter low end to my ears. However RME beats the Lynx on routing options. For sound however, I went with Lynx.

[tuna]

I have Lynx2 A + LSadat on pc runing Nuendo 2, never have stability problem, it has a beta driver that support gsif, works fine, but I don't use Gigastudio now so don't know if it's stable runing with Nuendo.

haven't try compare with RME, so don't know.

[crypticglobe]

Hmmmm... comparing this unit with an RME 1 to 1 , isn't totally fair since neither company really makes a similar product.

The Lynx 2 has D/A and A/D converters built into it. It is house in the computer itself. They are REALLY nice sounding coverters... that is true. There is not an option to expand out to large amounts of I/O with the Lynx stuff though.

RME's only totally "in the computer" cards do not have any converters on them. They are lightpipe only. The Beauty of this, is that you can use any converter you want, and have the incredible reliablity and smooth operation of the RME products. Their drivers, and routing options are incredible. RME does make several other products that have breakout boxes, etc that have converters as well. Those converters are quite good, but to be fair... the lynx does edge them out just a bit. The converters in RME's high end boxes (the ADI-8DS Pro) however are very similar in quality... all though different.

Both are excellent products, each with it's own advantages and disadvantages. I would compare the cost, and decide just what you need, and then make your choice.


Hope this helps.

[Exmun]

Originally posted by Bloodz
Really, How good are these cards? I'm looking at the Lynx2 -C card but have heard these occasional gripe about stability issues with the cards driver. Is this card better than somthing RME would have to offer.

I'm not sure that "stability" is the real issue with the Lynx cards. I think it's more like "adaptability" or "flexibility". The Lynx cards for a long time did not have WDM drivers or GSIF drivers for users of Gigastudio. Lynx, from what I understand, is a smaller operation than say--Echo Audio or MOTU. As a result, they develop their drivers a bit slower than some more readily available sound cards. This has been a big issue for some time with Lynx. Until recently, they released the beta drivers for WDM and GSIF.

Lynx cards (using ASIO drivers) have been stable for me. If there's anything I would like in the Lynx card, I'd want it to have all of the drivers common to most of the rest of the cards that are available ASIO, MME, WDM, GSIF. These are all practically standards today. The 'sound' of the Lynx card, however, is bar none, the best in its class. I haven't heard better for under $1k. RME is very flexible and adaptable... but doesn't sound a good as the Lynx. I had a multiface a while back preLynx.

[crypticglobe]

What I meant was... it's all housed in the PCI card.... nothing external. That is a consideration to some.

The fireface is an incredible unit. Very, very cool.

[crypticglobe]

Holy Cow! You are right! I totally forgot about the HDSP 9632!

I gotta get one of those so I can put it through it's paces.

Thanks for the knock on the head I obviously needed.

[Buddhaman]

I've been running 2 LYNXTWO-A's and a LS-ADAT card in the same Athlon XP computer running Nuendo and Cubase SX for about the last 8 months....

I have never had a problem...the system is rock solid.

I have never owned RME, just MOTU and M-Audio so I can't directly compare...but the converters are excellent.

Spam alert...I have one LYNX left and the ADAT card on Ebay as we speak. Only selling because I upgraded to a Radar system.

Buddhaman

[Teacher]

Originally posted by Buddhaman
I've been running 2 LYNXTWO-A's and a LS-ADAT card in the same Athlon XP computer running Nuendo and Cubase SX for about the last 8 months....

I have never had a problem...the system is rock solid.

I have never owned RME, just MOTU and M-Audio so I can't directly compare...but the converters are excellent.

Spam alert...I have one LYNX left and the ADAT card on Ebay as we speak. Only selling because I upgraded to a Radar system.

Buddhaman

radar converters slaughter the lynx or is it reasonably close? and did you try using the radar as the master clock for the lynx?

[Buddhaman]

I didn't compare the Radar to the Lynx with the Radar clocking the Lynx.

I would not say the Radar II slaughters the LYNX. Clocking on their own, I would say my impression is that the Lynx has a bit more stentorian low mids and lows, while the Radar has a much more rich high mid and more extended highs. I could hear Reverb, for instance, much better with the Radar.

YMMV...I'm using the Radar stand alone for tracking, then dumping the tracks into my PC using 24 channels of TDIF, then running them back out Tdif thru the Radar Analog converters for Mixdown. With this setup I don't need the LYNX.

Hope this helps
Buddhaman