Date:         Mon, 4 Feb 2008 17:45:08 -0500
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From:         Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: analog to digital converter question
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I have one of these I use for playback/editing only. I found it had grounding issues connecting up 
with professional-grade gear in my studio, the grounding issue being that it is unbalanced and uses 
the squirelly ground inside a PC for shield. It's just fine for playback and may not present a 
problem in another PC or interfacing with a garden-variety consumer receiver or phono preamp. 
Soundwise, it's just fine for what I do with it (mainly cutting pre-tweaked 96/24 transfers into 
sections). I wouldn't call it professional-grade due to unbalanced and shield going to notoriously 
questionable internal PC grounding scheme. But, again, just to be clear, it may work just fine in 9 
out of 10 situations and mine happens to be #10.

-- Tom Fine

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From: "Dan Nelson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, February 04, 2008 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] analog to digital converter question


> If you mean "a/d converter" as a sound card i am
> totally  happy with my M-Audio 2496 card.  I do  lots
> of  lp/transcription  transfering to cd.
> cordially
> dnw
> --- Douglas Small <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I am a newbie to this list. I am a serious hobbiest.
>> The weakest link in my work is the analog to digital
>> converter (so
>> poor I won't even tell you what it is).
>> Can anyone recommend a unit that is reliable, high
>> quality and
>> relatively simple to use.
>> My main work is transferring LPs to CDs
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Doug
>>
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