--- john cooper johncooper@tivo.com wrote:
Unorthodox Behaviour wrote:
Very good card but quite expensive. I just
discovered OPTOplay in http://www.audiotrak.net/eng/index.html
This optoplay is based on the chip AKM AK4353, see http://www.asahi-kasei.co.jp/akm/usa/product/ak4353/ak4353.html
Asahi-Kasei seems to produce a wide range of chips that might be interesting. Of course I don't expect them to have the quality of e.g. a Crystal DSP, but they may still be interesting.
They produce evaluation boards for all their chips and I mailed them asking details on the availability and pricing of them. If they send me one for free (many chip manufacturers do) then I'll have a first hand experience...
It's too bad audio soundcard tech reports and tests are limited to electrical performance. It would be nice to know which 24/96 cards have a *musical* sound (which means closer to analog !) and which not.
UB
__________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com