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LAVRY 4496 2ch. A/D or Apogee BIG BEN ???
OK, I know they are 2 entirely different things (1 an A/D converter, and the other a clock), but I'm wondering which one will give the best performance to my studio setup.
My final source for mixdown is an Alesis Masterlink. Yeah, I know the converters are dog doodoo on the Alesis. So my question is, will the Big Ben bring the Masterlink's converters up to par with the Lavry 2 channel A/D ? They are both pretty much in the same price range, but what I like about the Big Ben is that it will improve both the A/D and D/A of ALL of my coverters in my set-up.
My new setup will be 1 Apogee AD8000 and 3 old school Digi 888-24s connected to a PT Mix 5 card system. The 32 channels of analog outs will be routed into a Trident Series 80 analog console, and the 2 ch. summing outs of the Trident will be going into the Masterlink.
So, do you think I will benefit more from the Lavry in front of the Masterlink, or from the Big Ben clock ? My gut tells me the Big Ben will probably be the best choice, especially because I am using 3 of the Digi 888 units. I know a few other producers (1 who records major label stuff), and they still use TDM PT systems with the 888-24 interfaces routed into great analog desks. This 1 in particular told me he was totally blown away with what the Big Ben did for the D/A in particular. He said it makes those old 888s sound just as good as an AD8000 SE.
So I'm wondering if it will do the same for the Alesis Masterlink ? By the way, my final mixes will probably be to an Ampex ATR- 102 1/2" tape machine anyway, so I want to use the Masterlink just to know if I'm in the ball park for the mastering engineer before I rent the tape machine and lug it over to my studio. I could also likely rent the Lavry converters for a few days for final mixdown from the same friend who has the Ampex machine, so I'd have that option if I want some mixes to be 96khz digital.
Just wanted to see what you guys think. The Big Ben seems like the biggest bang for the buck considering my setup. If anyone has used it with a Masterlink I'd like to know if it improved the sound of that unit as much as it seems to do for everything else. I hear even ****ty 15 year old CD players with digital ins & outs sound WAY better with the Big Ben.
My final source for mixdown is an Alesis Masterlink. Yeah, I know the converters are dog doodoo on the Alesis. So my question is, will the Big Ben bring the Masterlink's converters up to par with the Lavry 2 channel A/D ? They are both pretty much in the same price range, but what I like about the Big Ben is that it will improve both the A/D and D/A of ALL of my coverters in my set-up.
My new setup will be 1 Apogee AD8000 and 3 old school Digi 888-24s connected to a PT Mix 5 card system. The 32 channels of analog outs will be routed into a Trident Series 80 analog console, and the 2 ch. summing outs of the Trident will be going into the Masterlink.
So, do you think I will benefit more from the Lavry in front of the Masterlink, or from the Big Ben clock ? My gut tells me the Big Ben will probably be the best choice, especially because I am using 3 of the Digi 888 units. I know a few other producers (1 who records major label stuff), and they still use TDM PT systems with the 888-24 interfaces routed into great analog desks. This 1 in particular told me he was totally blown away with what the Big Ben did for the D/A in particular. He said it makes those old 888s sound just as good as an AD8000 SE.
So I'm wondering if it will do the same for the Alesis Masterlink ? By the way, my final mixes will probably be to an Ampex ATR- 102 1/2" tape machine anyway, so I want to use the Masterlink just to know if I'm in the ball park for the mastering engineer before I rent the tape machine and lug it over to my studio. I could also likely rent the Lavry converters for a few days for final mixdown from the same friend who has the Ampex machine, so I'd have that option if I want some mixes to be 96khz digital.
Just wanted to see what you guys think. The Big Ben seems like the biggest bang for the buck considering my setup. If anyone has used it with a Masterlink I'd like to know if it improved the sound of that unit as much as it seems to do for everything else. I hear even ****ty 15 year old CD players with digital ins & outs sound WAY better with the Big Ben.