List price for the rpm88 is $3649 in the US. That would usually translate to around £3500 in the UK. I think I'll stick with the XTA for £3000 and 24/96 internal processing or wait 'til I find a BSS 388 s/h, also with 24/96 native processing.
I love my RPM88--I own two, actually.
They can be found used on ebay for US$1000-$1200. They're built like tanks, have lots of processing horsepower (up to 225 bands of PEQ!!), and 48-bit double-precision internal processing. And the Dragnet software is awesome, too.
They can be found used on ebay for US$1000-$1200. They're built like tanks, have lots of processing horsepower (up to 225 bands of PEQ!!), and 48-bit double-precision internal processing. And the Dragnet software is awesome, too.
Last edited:
Just for the record, for Xilica line , the XD 8080 has euroblock connectors but the 4080 has XLR
Chris
That's much better, but then the question would be if the higher price is worth it to get the few more features. Having infinite slopes sounds cool but then I heard/read that it introduces ringing.
Currently I use 4th order L-R with extra HF/LF shelves but I'm still listening to see if those extra shelves actually make a difference.
Soundwise I see no advantage as I've gone through many cd's with the stock DCX and found no deterioration from the unit.
I heard that one problem with the Xilica is that the DSP is not powerful enough to really do FIR filtering with brickwall slopes: you are limited to 1400 taps in total to share between all the channels.
- Status
- Not open for further replies.