Members weeman Posted August 22, 2009 Members Share Posted August 22, 2009 From the listed specification my Focusrite ocotpre le has a A/D of 250 picoseconds jitter and a THD of 0.0008. I imagine this also applies too the D/A so my question really is do i need a higher end D/A as the specs seem fair anyway? Im highly interested in audio fidelity so i was wondering if i would notice the different between these and a apogee mini ? I also have the standard 003R converters which are noisier at 0.007 THD. Im yet to try the octopre for D/A but the A/D sounded brilliant in comparison to my other A/D's. Can anyone shed some more light upon converters and jitter/noise or the octopre LE as a D/A? Many Thanks John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted August 22, 2009 Members Share Posted August 22, 2009 I don't know the answer to your question. I've never heard the Focusrite OctoPre. I will just say not to get hung up on specs alone. Ultimately, what matters is how the damn thing sounds since ultimately, no one listening to your music is going to give a flying you-know-what whether your converters have 250 picoseconds of jitter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted August 22, 2009 Members Share Posted August 22, 2009 P.S. I use an Apogee Rosetta 800 and it doesn't suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members weeman Posted August 22, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 22, 2009 Ive seen alot of people rave about apogee stuff so i was wondering what the real difference is. I know it all relies on the entire signal chain, source signal, monitors, enviroment. Im kinda in over my head and i want too know what the real difference is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted August 23, 2009 Members Share Posted August 23, 2009 I don't know the difference. I'm not a real technical sort of person. However, I know what I like, and the Apogee converters sound pretty good to me, especially at the price point the Rosetta 800 is. Yeah, there's better converters. But I'm happy with them. I don't know what to say about how you might go about comparing converters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members weeman Posted August 23, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 23, 2009 Do you think id benefit more from changing my monitoring from Yamaha HS80's too msp5 or msp7 or ADAMS A7? Im under the understanding i need a flat response upto 20khz to master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members UstadKhanAli Posted August 23, 2009 Members Share Posted August 23, 2009 Okay. Shifting gears from converter talk. Not familiar with Yammies. I have ADAM A7s. They're great monitors. Not sure that I'd call 'em mastering monitors, and they ain't flat down low. Not criticizing them, they're fantastic, just sayin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members weeman Posted August 24, 2009 Author Members Share Posted August 24, 2009 thankies for repsonse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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