AMIII & 888/24 ???

[GerryK]

Hi,
Is it possible to use an 888/24 in conjunction with my AMIII cad to get high quality 24 bit audio into my PT 5.1.1 LE setup, by linking the 888 and AMIII via the SPDIF in/outs ?
Even if it will work, is there any point ? Does the AMIII still present a lower quality signal processing capability 'weak link' that renders the use of the high quality 888 pointless ?
I know that I can only get 2 channels over SPDIF, but that's OK!

(Brent, if you read this, thanks...I've installed OS 9.2.1 and all is well with the AMIII card and CD player !!!)

GerryK

[Sugarite]

You're talking about using an outboard a/d converter. The 888/24 is not designed for this purpose. There are more appropriate a/d converters that probably cost about half what you could sell the 888/24 for. Look into the Lucid AD2496 (~$750) and the Apogee Rosetta (~$1000).

[GerryK]

Thanks Sugarite...
Your on the ball OK. The reason that I'm interested in the 888 as opposed to other cheaper A/D converters is that I might want to upgrade to TDM in the future, and I've been offered a secondhand 888 for £1000 IEP(about $880)!!!
Can I take it from your answer that it will actually work fine with the AMIII as I propose, and do you have an opinion on the quality of the AMIII internal 24 bit processing?
The kind of work I'm interested in is mastering work, where I would typically want to take in a stereo track, work on it with a combination of PT plugins and probably Waves Native Power Pack, mastering to either DAT (16 bit) or CD.