how good is the 002r?

[polf]

hello there,

just how good are the A/D converters on the 002r?
the reason i ask is that there is a new emu card (1212m) that uses the same converters as
a pro-tools HD set up. this card is about £130.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...sPageName=WDVW


dont get me wrong my 002 sounds good to me but just wondered and buying the 002 emptied my bank account!

cheers

[bigbubbaj]

There are better converters (apogee, etc)

But they are decent IMHO and totally workable.

[EDurney]

I think thay are good enough.....pretty good actually.
but the apoggee´s....

[bstaley]

There are better converters out there, but if you can't make a high quality recording with the 002R the problem is not because of the converters. Put your money into nice microphones.

[j old school]

the reason i ask is that there is a new emu card (1212m) that uses the same converters as
a pro-tools HD set up. this card is about £130.

I saw this advertised - is this really true? HD quality AD for such a low price? Is there a catch (other than you can't use protools)?

[madrock]

it doesn't specify how the converters are the same. same spec, same chip, exactly the same?

many different devices may well use the same AD and/or DA device but it is more than likely implemented differently in each instance too. think clock, filtering method, analogue electronics, etc., etc.

[darkglass]

I recently sold my 002r and bought a M-aud 410 to use with cubase and PTpowered. The difference imo is neglible.. I would op for better pre's and mics. If you run a million dollar studio then it makes sense to pick up those .03 percent differences in the whole audio production linkage.