What's the best A/D converter sound card ?

[Gabriel Sousa]

What's the best A/D converter sound card ?

thanks

[mantik01]

The Lynx Two. Period! There are three different models with different quantities of inputs and outputs between them. The price range is between $850.00 - $1,200.00 depending on which one you chose.

[Gabriel Sousa]

And RME or MOTU are they good ?

thanks

[1eyedbitch]

http://www.nativetools.com/

what do you think about that?

[Gabriel Sousa]

Apogee are the best A/D converters, but you need a adat sound card.

but i am talking about good soundcards

[Rv-Sound]

I've heard very good things from RME (with their new multiface) and sek'd/marian

[Gabriel Sousa]

A/D - Swissonic or RME or MOTU
Hello, for a long time, i am asking, looking for a better a/d converter. and dont know what to buy.

should i buy the MOTU 2408mk3
or the RME multiface
or the SWISSONIC ad 24 mk2 with rme DIGI9636

you use any of this brands ?

[knowdoubt]

The MOTU 2408 converters aren't exceptional but those in their 1296 & 24i are. As already mentioned the Lynx 2 is about as good as it gets if your just looking for sound cards with AD/DA but I would't go as far as to say they're the best period. At a certain level of quallity the point becomes moot.

[Matthew Skinner]

The Ad in a waves hardware L2 is very nice. As is the lynx 2... Plenty of choices depending on what suits your particular setup the best.

[E]

The best advice would be to call these audio card companies and ASK them what converters they use.

They are using the same or very similar models made by AKM or Crystal.

Not very many of them, if any at all in the sub $1000 price range, actually design their own converters.

Check it out.


[This message has been edited by E (edited 12-29-2002).]

[DjatWork]

Did you listen to Creamware´s soundcards?

if you need a pair of I/Os they are great.
They also have ADAT I/O up to 24 channels on each card, and you can use your prefered converter up to 24 Bits.
The analog I/Os of the creamware cards are 110DB dinamyc range and 0.15+/- db frequency response...

You can choose between balanced or unbalanced I/Os...

Very flexible...

I own one, and its great...

DjatWork!

[Robert D]

While I haven't had the pleasure of using them myself, my observations of this topic in various forums, as commented on by the people I have come to know as the most knowledgable, has time and time again pointed to the Lynx cards as having the best converters and best sound. I also just recently read that the Lynx 2 cards do buss mastering, which takes a big load off of the CPU. I know what my next soundcard is gonna be. http://www.audioforums.com/forums/smile.gif
RD

[TimZ]

Even though this thread was originally about A/D converters, another thing about the Lynx cards is how great their D/A converters sound. Very important feature if you are doing your own mastering.

I have a pair of LynxONE cards, and haven't used anything yet that sounds as good.

TZ

[SeanCaldwell]

agreed...I've used a number of cards and so far haven't found anything cleaner than then Lynx one.

[KeithW]

If you want to combine the best performance with the best converter quality, The RME with good break-out box (Like the Native Tools), is the way to go. Heres another expensive one: RME/MYTEK (http://www.atlasproaudio.com/mytek.html)
The Lynx cards are probably the best sounding integrated solution followed closely by the RME Multiface.