New Aphex 141/142 A/D & D/A converters
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New Aphex 141/142 A/D & D/A converters
http://www.aphex.com/142.htm
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http://www.aphex.com/141.htm
I'm not looking for conversion now, but I recently saw this and thought I'd throw this into the fray. The 142 is selling for $400 at one online store.
I wonder how they spec, and how they sound?
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http://www.aphex.com/141.htm
I'm not looking for conversion now, but I recently saw this and thought I'd throw this into the fray. The 142 is selling for $400 at one online store.
I wonder how they spec, and how they sound?
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What indicates that these units might be any good. The Aphex site was significantly bereft of info on them. And I have had just as many underwhelming experiences with Aphex as I have had good ones. The obviously make good stuff, but they also have some mediocre units in their geneology.
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All great questions. Info is scarce. They're designed for their Anaconda Digital Snake System and not specicfically for what I plan to use it for, hence the lack of info. They use the 8 channel Cirrus Logic chip that is well respected in audiophile circles (it took me some searching to find this info but apparently it's used in audiophile surround systems). Aphex makes a very good analog stage when they keep it simple. This unit is very simple. The rep at NAMM told me it was MILES above the Octopre/Digmax/ADA8000 level. And... it's got no pres which is good news to me.calaverasgrandes wrote:What indicates that these units might be any good. The Aphex site was significantly bereft of info on them. And I have had just as many underwhelming experiences with Aphex as I have had good ones. The obviously make good stuff, but they also have some mediocre units in their geneology.
It's worth a shot, so I bought. As soon as I get the dsub situation squared away I will test and report back. I'll report further after drum tracking in a couple of weeks.
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SOT...I wonder how these would compare to Jim William's mod on the HD24-XR..? ( or to the stock XR for that matters.. ..)..I think Jim's mod is around $900.00 ish for AD/DA.. If I were to get 3 DA's ( 24 tracks out of the XR.) and 1 AD, ( for inputs and use the internal matrix in the XR for the other 16), would these out weight the cost differences soundwise? Hummm.... only time will tell I guess... ... Unless...someone has a modded XR to compare these to....
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It sounds great. Very much like what it is in my API A2D. But... there are no external controls for switching between 44.1 and 48. It has word clock In and will follow a master between the 2. On a Digi 002 however, you're stuck at 48 (no clock out). Which is fine, just be aware.PublicMelody wrote:OK, Lee Knight.
So, what do you think of the conversion?
For 003 and others, just use the work clock and it will follow. The sound is absolutlety fine. Bettter than the Octopre, Digimax, and the ADA8000. No pres to get stuck with or have to pass thru at "line level". The Alesis is probably good too but I heard negatives about its analog components.
If you want words like "tranparent with a hint of wispy air" look elsewhere. It sounds fine. No negative artifacts, unlike the others listed above due to no pres and a clean path.
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Hey Lee..So, check out my post a couple back. How does these converters compare to stock XR converters if you have heard the XRs? Thanks..Lee Knight wrote:It sounds great. Very much like what it is in my API A2D. But... there are no external controls for switching between 44.1 and 48. It has word clock In and will follow a master between the 2. On a Digi 002 however, you're stuck at 48 (no clock out). Which is fine, just be aware.PublicMelody wrote:OK, Lee Knight.
So, what do you think of the conversion?
For 003 and others, just use the work clock and it will follow. The sound is absolutlety fine. Bettter than the Octopre, Digimax, and the ADA8000. No pres to get stuck with or have to pass thru at "line level". The Alesis is probably good too but I heard negatives about its analog components.
If you want words like "tranparent with a hint of wispy air" look elsewhere. It sounds fine. No negative artifacts, unlike the others listed above due to no pres and a clean path.
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