Good ADC and PC Sound Card

What about the RADC-2? Then, I would still require a sound card for my PC. Just curious. I appreciate the feedback thus far!

I've only heard positive things about it, but no comparisons with other mainstream pro/semi-pro adc's...

For a soundcard, my eMU 1616m does double duty...

From the Mytek and Lavry ranges have their respective DAC's - which are just as highly regarded as the ADC's (perhaps more so, as they are better known among audiophiles...)

On my office PC I picked up a used eMU 1212m - PCI card based, which runs into a headphone amp... results have been excellent. (chalk and cheese from the previous M-Audio 2496, the onboard soundcard, etc...)

My partner uses one of the Asus Xonar soundcards on her PC - which she likes a lot - but I have not done a comparison.

bye for now

David

I have both the Lavry AD11 (Lavry 10 with mic preamps) and the Mytek ADC96, The main difference is features. The Lavry AD10/11 have the virtue of much better metering and 12Db more gain into the TRS inputs of the XLR/TRS combo jacks.

This is important for unbalanced and low level signals found in home/non pro gear. But the Lavry uses a confusing set of switches for setup. The Mytek is a bit cheaper (for the 96 model). The set up is eaiser but Mytek won't have enough gain to approach "Digital 0" for certain setups.

The Mytek is available in either the 96 or 192 model. Since the 192 is newer (certain parts to sample @ 192) you may be able to hear a quality difference but only on certain material and certain monitor systems.

You can convert the SPDIF to optical with a cheap converter for both Mytek and Lavry (the Mytek optical is only 44.1/48). Then, with an optical adapter cable record directly to most MacBooks.

The next step up is either the Larry Gold Mk III or Weiss ADC2 for close to $10K. The Weiss has mic preamps, 192Khz sampling and a FireWire option so you can record directly to any FW computer. I own the Weiss and can't say enough good about it.