Sound card 24/192Khz?

[Higo]

I´m looking for a sound card that allows me to use my PC like DVD-Audio Player. I was thinking in Audidy 2 until I use the search in this forum and I found a lot of bad comments, like:

-while 24/96kHz operation was a marketed feature,
the card would accept 24/96 input, resample to 16/44.1 for DSP,
and resample to 24/96 for output, to save on DSP costs(the Audigy2, at least, uses a DSP that can handle 24/96)
- Don't buy Creative; even the Audigy 2 does not perform for hifi music, pollutes your computer with at least 100Mb of software,
has the worst spdif output waveform I have ever seen and
the inputs overload at above 60% adjustment.

Any comments and/or suggestions?? I want to listen DVD-Audio in my PC but I don´t know how...
Thanks a lot.
Marcelo

Pta: DVD-Audio solucion not expensive, please. I`m living in Argentina...Waveterminal 192x is imposible to find/import/buy here..

 

[mrfeedback]

i have read good comments regarding M-Audio soundcards.

Eric.

 

[travis]

i just got m-audio 2496 thing. the spdif in seems to work well with my digital guitar modeler thing, but i haven't used it as an output yet. must build amp.

http://www.midiman.net/
is the website

 

[Wombat]

Yes the M-Audio Revolution 7.1 is one of the most
wanted atm. It offers very good sound and drivers.

It is one of the cards that don´t resample 44,1kHz PCM
to 48kHz under all circumstances.

Regarding DVD-A, the last thing i read that it surely
supports it in hardware but a DVD-A Player application wasn´t
available back when i read thru the tests.

edit:
http://www.m-audio.net/support/FAQ/revolution_dvd.php

Don´t know if there is any DVD-A application but the Audigy!?

 

[Higo]

Yes the M-Audio Revolution 7.1 is one of the most
wanted atm. It offers very good sound and drivers.

It is one of the cards that don´t resample 44,1kHz PCM
to 48kHz under all circumstances.

Regarding DVD-A, the last thing i read that it surely
supports it in hardware but a DVD-A Player application wasn´t
available back when i read thru the tests.

You are right Wombat:
"Currently, no software DVD-Audio player is available on the market. We are actively working with developers of DVD-A player applications to try to accelerate the development process. It is not yet clear whether it is possible to support all of the required CPPM copy protection in software-only, but early information looks promising. If M-Audio is able to provide a software-only feature upgrade to existing Revolution users, we will attempt to do so at only marginal cost to interested users: just enough to cover the cost of licensing the software from a 3rd party, plus the cost of media and shipping/handling. Users interested in taking advantage of this opportunity should register their Revolution 7.1 card with M-Audio. We will contact registered users when more information is available"




Any other suggestion??
Thanks,
Marcelo

 

[Wombat]

Hi higo!

Just edited as you posted 🙂

 

[Higo]

Wombat:
The audigy has a DVD-Audio player. It`s not very good...you can not see the player and the track name... but works!!!
The Power DVD can read 24/96Khz. May be in the future it will be able to read DVD-Audio...

Well, I think that I have to wait...

Thank a lot.
Marcelo

 

[dhaen]

Interesting stuff....

Hi,

Is there a definitive list of non-upsampling (44.1 - 48K) sound cards? Are there any USB to SPDIF devices... eg M-Audio Sonica?.

I need to know for this project:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15718&highlight=jukebox

Sorry, a little off topic, but the experts seem to be here🙂..I'm only interested in 44.1KHz.

TIA

Cheers,

John

 

[fmak]

Wombat:
The audigy has a DVD-Audio player. It`s not very good...you can not see the player and the track name... but works!!!
The Power DVD can read 24/96Khz. May be in the future it will be able to read DVD-Audio...

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Power DVD downsamples to 48 kHz thru' my Terratec 2496 card which has NO src. So does Win DVD. If you look at the website of Intervideo, Win DVD Platinum will only work at 24/96 with very few cards. Power DVD cannot give a rational explanation except that it does not support 24/96 despite the claim that it does.

I am afraid that unless you are prepared to go into the pro area and spend quite a lot, computer audio is the same as computer software/hardware; a lot of claims that are not true or don't work.

I wonder why it is illegal to sell a washing machine that spins at the rated speed when it is empty; but computer people get away with almost anything.

 

[Wombat]

@dhaen
Sorry, i am not aware of a complete list of Soundcards in
relation to resampling.

You have to read thru the tests or specs. The M-Audio
Sonica Theater makes promotion with no resaqmpling for
example on this german site.

http://www.midiman.de/sonicath.htm

English spec site:

http://www.m-audio.com/products/consumer/sonicaTheatre_page1.php

 

[dhaen]

Wombat,

Thank you for posting.
I visited the links you gave, but could not see a reference to "non-resampling". There were lists of sampling frequencies given, but that does not surely prove that they don't re-sample.
Did I miss something (I can't speak German).

Cheers,

 

[mrfeedback]

Information

Go take a look at kX Project regarding resampling issues and alternative driver and interface for Emu 10k1 and 10k2 based audio cards.

Eric.

 

[Wombat]

@dhaen
The german site clearly states you can play your files lossless
without resampling!

Über den Digitalausgang übertragen Sie verlustfrei ohne Resampling Ihr Audiomaterial (Audio CDs, DVDs, MP3s und Internet Radio)

 

[dhaen]

Vielen dank!

Wombat,

Thank you. I now also have the key-words! 🙂



Eric,

There's a lot on that link. I'll have to study it 😉

Cheers all,