Thread: 2011 16 in/out AD DA Converters

From what I saw, $10,000 for the ADA units. A used RADAR looks like a good idea and a possible 'third way' for me; keeping an eye out. I'll be spending $10k on this if I sell the Massive Passive but thats to include analogue summing and AD channels.

Jeemy, have you done anything yet?

No.....watching the RADAR A/D/A prices sway, and moving house. Started on Monday to evaluate all my gear and start pulling away piles to sell - got £7k worth so far thats getting little use, plus I think the Massive Passive will go if I can get a decent price - but the Manley stranglehold on pricing seems to drop while they push Langevin, so if I can't recoup plus, then it will stay.

Should give me about £10k to work with. Very much leaning towards Spider for 8 A's and Fireface becoming 10 B's. When you phrase it like that its a hell of a jump. 24 RADAR verters can be got for as little as £1200 so its easily evaluatable with no risk now. Some of budget will sensibly go towards better acoustic treatment including a possible move to another area of the building for a larger CR.

Originally Posted by Link555

IZ radar is where I would go.... Best sounding ADC I have heard. I like my CraneSong a lot, but I would trade it for RADAR.

Wow, very impressive and well worth watching this. More and more I learn how important excellent power supply means to "Pro Audio".

Link555 , are you seeing this used in Vancouver? How much are they selling for?

According to some GS the SSL XLogic Alpha-Link Solid State Logic | Post & Film is the better choice than the Aurora 16 now. Under $3000 includes the interface and 24 IO.

Looks slightly budget to me though but a great deal.

It's so hard to know at GS what is schill, what is repeated unkown hyperbole, and what is fact. At least it is a high end reputable company.

Originally Posted by TheJackAttack

It's so hard to know at GS what is schill, what is repeated unkown hyperbole, and what is fact. At least it is a high end reputable company.

Spot on there. What else is there? Who was the other ADA you mentioned yesterday John?

I think you are going in a different direction than I. I'm looking as much for redundant hard drive backup as I am great ADC/DAC. That is probably why RADAR looks so nice to me and that it can function very smoothly with a DAW and quality board. If I thought the conversion in the JoeCo was even as good as the HD24XR I'd look harder at that but I don't think it is. I've only done five "studio" recordings in the last year, all of which turned out great, but most of my work is live concerts. I just have to have that 100% guarantee that the waveforms are hitting the hard disk as accurately and flawlessly as possible. I don't get paid enough per gig to spend a week cleaning repairing and blending.

Now, that does not mean I am not avidly following your quest because your results (and Jeemy and Rainer and Max and Bob and Dave) could easily affect how I decide to guide my upgrades. My goal is a bulletproof but compact system with redundant capabilities and phenomenal audio quality.

My current system works very very well and I get great results with it, but half of it is aging gear so it is always important to keep up with current technology and theory. Being in Billings is about as bad as being north of Vancouver. At least you aren't up in Ft McMurray. While I build a budget and a game plan I'm sort of fiscally living vicariously through you big guy!