Tachikoma Posted April 2, 2009 Report Posted April 2, 2009 Nope, Empirical Audio isn't async... yet. They're planning to provide async converters sometime this year though. If they were async I'd seriously consider getting a set. They have the hardware, but its the firmware that's the hard part. Chances are they'll license the async firmware from Wavelength Audio.
Tachikoma Posted April 30, 2009 Report Posted April 30, 2009 Picked up something interesting on audiocircle: 24/96 async USB 2.0 solution with Pace-Car 2 It looks like the Tascam US-144 can be used as an async USB - SPDIF converter.
grawk Posted April 30, 2009 Report Posted April 30, 2009 yes, but the empirical audio guy is selling snake oil
Tachikoma Posted April 30, 2009 Report Posted April 30, 2009 Yes he is, but what does that have to do with the Tascam?
Tachikoma Posted April 30, 2009 Report Posted April 30, 2009 Nope, he isn't, and he can't - otherwise he'd just make his own USB converter units async.
luvdunhill Posted April 30, 2009 Report Posted April 30, 2009 yes, but the empirical audio guy is selling snake oil really? he seems to be pretty knowledgeable in the DIY forums...
Tachikoma Posted May 16, 2009 Report Posted May 16, 2009 Tascam US-144 - Async USB? - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio Ouch looks like EA has its share of dissatisfied customers.
Smeggy Posted May 17, 2009 Report Posted May 17, 2009 really? he seems to be pretty knowledgeable in the DIY forums... Well you can be both knowledgeable and still sell snake oil. Very expensive oil too
Pars Posted May 17, 2009 Report Posted May 17, 2009 I wouldn't buy the Empirical Audio stuff. All he's doing is using a standard USB receiver with proper electrical termination. That was a rarity four years ago, but now everyone is doing it. You'll get exactly the same thing in a HagUSB, for $99 or whatever that sells for now. The guys who've written their own asynchronous USB stacks are worth paying extra money for though. I was still under the impression that few do spdif termination correctly, even now. I would agree that Empirical products aren't what I would call a good value
feckn_eejit Posted May 18, 2009 Report Posted May 18, 2009 A the end of '05 I almost sent my Benchmark DAC1 to Steve for the full meal deal, was going to be a $4.5k $1k dac... just feels wrong... got a Pass D1 instead and never looked back. I'm with monseigneur Nugent on jitter being a bastard but his products are certainly not the only way to deal with it...
aardvark baguette Posted May 18, 2009 Report Posted May 18, 2009 Tascam US-144 - Async USB? - Head-Fi: Covering Headphones, Earphones and Portable Audio Ouch looks like EA has its share of dissatisfied customers. lol, what a commercial whore
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