Need help with DA converters

FWIW I picked up a Lucid 9624DA, and it's a definite improvement over the DA in my d8b. Having said that, a high quality wordclock can improve conversion as well. Not being familiar with the 01v I can't really say how much improvement you'll see, but I'm sure someone here can.

Scott

I have it clocked to a Rosetta and there is definitely an improvement in the overall sound but I think that maybe a dedicated da converter might help me improve my overall mixing. Anyone else know of anything better?

If you can deal with the unbalanced output, the Entech 245.2 is the best I know of. It costs around $500 and you can't do any better for under $3k. HTH

Originally posted by Samson Dixon:
I have it clocked to a Rosetta and there is definitely an improvement in the overall sound but I think that maybe a dedicated da converter might help me improve my overall mixing. Anyone else know of anything better?

Isn't the Rosetta also a dedicated d/a converter?

The Rosetta is strictly an AD converter...no DA

Is there a website to the Entech stuff?

http://monstercable.com
They're the parent company but there's nothing about the 245.2 on their Entech page. I checked they're etailer list and found these guys selling it for $400 with a pretty good write up on it:

HTH

Could this be the RNC equivalent in the DA category? Is it better than the Lucid?

Yeah, I'd give it the RNC award in the converter category. When Bob Katz replaced his custom D/A with this $400 unit, a lot of folks wanted to try them out, but they were tough to locate. I was surprised to find they'd made it into circulation again, they may be discontinued by the looks of the Entech site.
I haven't heard the Lucid. It's got AES in and balanced outs I think, which makes it a better fit for a lot of studios monitoring set-ups. I switched to an unbalanced monitor chain years ago, so that's a non-factor for me. HTH