Re: PDIF I/O Question. More laptop stuff.

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

I sometimes use coaxial SPDIF 
( but with an M-Audio Delta 66 pci card)

As far as the pc is concerned, it's just another input.

I do this because I have an AD converter which has better quality than the 
M-Audio Delta 66.

I use 75ohm cable, as I make my own cables it's just as easy/cheap.
I've heard it said that cables under 3m are not a good idea.


One thing is that the automated latency compensation by a multi-track 
audio app which made everything so easy in the past suddenly stops working 
because of the extra latency introduced by the external converters ( no 
way the pc can know about that)

all this info should be the same for Firewire.

andy butler
ps
(make sure your firewire interface can lock it's clock to the incoming 
spdif,
otherwise there'll either be occasional glitches, or there'll be SRC 
running
somewhere which will degrade the quality)

 


 

midifriedchicken@comcast.net wrote:
> Does anyone use there PDIF I/O from hardware into there Firewire 
>interface? Is there an increase in performance? Does it effect tone? Do 
>you use standard RCA cables?
> Thanks
> 
>