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Originally Posted by EGS
It's always best to use proper analog gain staging feeding the AD - perhaps even more important on old converters. The output of the cassette deck is most likely -10db unbalanced. What is the audio interface input? Better to address gain staging rather than normalize up a too low digital conversion. What exact hardware/signal chain is being used?
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Yes, you're right. The cassette deck is an old Onkyo consumer model with unbalanced RCA ins and outs. I'm connecting its audio outs directly into the Audiomedia III card with RCA plugs. Because it's a consumer model, there's no volume control on the output, only on the input. Would you recommend boosting the audio signal through another device before feeding it into the Audiomedia card? If so, how would you do it? Thanks.