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AD/DA's for Pop/Rock/Dance and occasional World, i.e. not Classical or Jazz.

Apogee AD16x + DA16x or Aurora Lynx 16.

Will be attached directly to a Alishad HD core card.

What would you get, and why?

Well I have the Digi 192 and some Lavry Blues and to be honest the digi's would be fine if your not doing to many conversions.

George Massenburg uses the Digi 192 convertors and I'm sure he knows what he's doing. And could afford more expensive if he wanted.

Anyway the Aurora's get a pretty good wrap from some and for the price would seem tempting if I were in your shoes.

wouldnt you want to funnel that cash into some EQs? or Compressors?

:P

Hi there,

I'll put my 2cents in for what its worth !

I have the Lynx Aurora 16's which are generally accepted as being better than the 192, but not as *warm * in the lower mids as the Apogee AD 16x.

That being said, if money is no object, go the Apogees, but you will be spending nearly twice as much as the Lynx (plus you get 16 digital i/o s as well on the Lynx)

You could also buy a Thermionic Culture Phoenix with the price difference ;-)

To quote someone ... YMMV

Peace.

cheers
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Apogee if you have the moolah, they just sound superb, even the Rosetta 800 & 200 I'm using sound superb, working today on a job just reinforces my opinion. I love em.

wouldnt you want to funnel that cash into some EQs? or Compressors?

That's happening too ;-)

awesome! :P

in that case....ignore what i said...hehehehe

the dudez over at Mercenary reckon the Apogee's and the Aurora's both have their benefits...


cant personally confirm that from experience..:)

I've got an AD16X, DA16X and a Rosetta 800. My opinion is that they are worth every cent.

The added benefit of the AD16X is that it's got a C777 clock chip inside, which is the same as the Big Ben.

I tried a few other converters too but settled on the Apogees. They rock.

Chris

Honestly see if you can get both to try. Everyones ears are different. Even if you pay P&H to get them from somewhere to demo.
Pretty sure Pony music have both so maybe chat to Damien/Geoff about what they think

I've got an AD16X, Rosetta 800 and the lynx16

id get the lynx....

we use hd2acell....and a uad1.....

Damien wrote:I've got an AD16X, Rosetta 800 and the lynx16

id get the lynx....

we use hd2acell....and a uad1.....

I agree. I use a R800 and am a massive fan of it, but I'd have a hard time justifying the price difference between the Aurora & 16x series when they both sound so good anyway.

Doesn't Eddie kramer wave the mytek flag ? I think jim williams was kinda involved in the circuitry around the ADA's

i'm about to make the same choice pretty soon.

out of curiosity, chris (linear) where did you source your apogee's from if you don't mind me asking?

i'm inclined to agree with NYMo re the price though, i could get some nice stuff with the difference.

todd.