A-D convertor for ripping vinyl

oldglide · 12th December 2011, 10:44 PM

Lot's of info for DACs everywhere. I know sound cards have good to excellent A-D convertors but I use a laptop. I would like to know what's good, the availability and or kits for external A-D convertors for ripping vinyl and other analog sources. I'm sure there are some "Pro" products, don't know much about them. I have a cheezy $50 unit, works OK, sounds like crap. Does anyone know of a product for us consumers at the same level of performance like current DACs?

planet10 · 12th December 2011, 10:58 PM

I use an Edirol FA-66 which really performances well above what would be expected for its price.

dave

Shelby · 13th December 2011, 12:45 PM

I use RME's FF400 with excellent results. Connect to the Laptop via firewire. They also have an USB version. Have a look on their homepage.

wrankin · 15th December 2011, 10:25 PM

If you are on more of a beer budget, and are just looking to rip some vinyl, I have been using a Roland Edirol UA-1EX, which is a simple 2-channel USB ADC/DAC and does 24-bit 44.1/48 (and maybe 96k). I think I got mine new around maybe $80.

The UA-1EX is no longer produced and was replaced by the UA-1G, which seems to be a very similar unit in terms of features. I don't know about it's sound.

Also the "Edirol" line has been renamed "Cakewalk by Roland" (no, I am not making this up). So the Cakewalk FA-66 is the new name for Dave's unit.

Good luck.

-bill

planet10 · 15th December 2011, 10:44 PM

I have one of the Edirol USB units as well, either the same as Bills or with a 25 in the name (on loan so can't just look it). Cost $75 at swap-n-shop and is decent, not up to the FireWire unit.

I also have an Alesis FW, but it suffers from the same chip crash as the DCX2496 (i have one of those too)

dave

SoNic_real_one · 10:53 PM

Creative E-Mu 0204 USB. Has as A/D converter AK5385 that kicks a*s*s in that price range - 120$ on Amazon.

SY · 15th December 2011, 10:52 PM

I used a couple different things, but the M-Audio 192 still works best. You're limited to "desktop" machines since it's PCI.

SoNic_real_one · 11:47 PM

"M-Audio 192" has the same ADC as "E-MU 0204" - AK5385.
Source.

gabanyayaya · 17th December 2011, 08:10 AM

Music Hall MMF 9.1 Turntable --> Brocksieper Phonomax --> E-MU 0404 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface --> Laptop --> Wavelab 6.1 (24/192) --> manual click removal --> analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset) --> split into individual Tracks --> resampling and dither to 16-bit/44.1kHz with iZotope RX Advanced --> FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)

wwenze · 17th December 2011, 11:02 AM

At first I recommended EMU 0204 because of the supposed measured performance (similar to 0404), but after reading this review I deleted the recommendation immediately.

Quote:

The inputs are not a matched pair and produce slightly out-of-sync, out-of-phase low-end compared to prior Emu interfaces.

http://www.amazon.com/Creative-MU-87.../dp/B004GJXTQS

12th December 2011, 10:44 PM	#1
oldglide diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Metro Chicagoland	A-D convertor for ripping vinyl Lot's of info for DACs everywhere. I know sound cards have good to excellent A-D convertors but I use a laptop. I would like to know what's good, the availability and or kits for external A-D convertors for ripping vinyl and other analog sources. I'm sure there are some "Pro" products, don't know much about them. I have a cheezy $50 unit, works OK, sounds like crap. Does anyone know of a product for us consumers at the same level of performance like current DACs?

12th December 2011, 10:58 PM	#2
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 5	I use an Edirol FA-66 which really performances well above what would be expected for its price. dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com, frugal-phile.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA

13th December 2011, 12:45 PM	#3
Shelby diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Vienna	FF400 I use RME's FF400 with excellent results. Connect to the Laptop via firewire. They also have an USB version. Have a look on their homepage.

15th December 2011, 10:25 PM	#4
wrankin diyAudio Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Durham, NC	If you are on more of a beer budget, and are just looking to rip some vinyl, I have been using a Roland Edirol UA-1EX, which is a simple 2-channel USB ADC/DAC and does 24-bit 44.1/48 (and maybe 96k). I think I got mine new around maybe $80. The UA-1EX is no longer produced and was replaced by the UA-1G, which seems to be a very similar unit in terms of features. I don't know about it's sound. Also the "Edirol" line has been renamed "Cakewalk by Roland" (no, I am not making this up). So the Cakewalk FA-66 is the new name for Dave's unit. Good luck. -bill __________________ Bill Rankin

15th December 2011, 10:44 PM	#5
planet10 frugal-phile(tm) diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Victoria, BC, NA, Sol III Blog Entries: 5	I have one of the Edirol USB units as well, either the same as Bills or with a 25 in the name (on loan so can't just look it). Cost $75 at swap-n-shop and is decent, not up to the FireWire unit. I also have an Alesis FW, but it suffers from the same chip crash as the DCX2496 (i have one of those too) dave __________________ community sites t-linespeakers.org, frugal-horn.com, frugal-phile.com ........ commercial site planet10-HiFi p10-hifi forum here at diyA


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15th December 2011, 10:49 PM	#6
SoNic_real_one diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia	Creative E-Mu 0204 USB. Has as A/D converter AK5385 that kicks ass in that price range - 120$ on Amazon. Last edited by SoNic_real_one; 15th December 2011 at 10:53 PM.

15th December 2011, 10:52 PM	#7
SY diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Chicagoland Blog Entries: 1	I used a couple different things, but the M-Audio 192 still works best. You're limited to "desktop" machines since it's PCI. __________________ If there's a sucker born every minute, where do the rest of them come from?

15th December 2011, 11:44 PM	#8
SoNic_real_one diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Virginia	"M-Audio 192" has the same ADC as "E-MU 0204" - AK5385. Source. Last edited by SoNic_real_one; 15th December 2011 at 11:47 PM.

17th December 2011, 08:10 AM	#9
gabanyayaya diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2008	Music Hall MMF 9.1 Turntable --> Brocksieper Phonomax --> E-MU 0404 external USB 2.0 Audiointerface --> Laptop --> Wavelab 6.1 (24/192) --> manual click removal --> analyze (no clipping, no DC Bias offset) --> split into individual Tracks --> resampling and dither to 16-bit/44.1kHz with iZotope RX Advanced --> FLAC encoded (Vers. 1.21)

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