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Anyone ever consider what mastering engineer might use? This is the most expensive stereo only DAC in the sweetwater catalog at $6k and I think it's designed to be used with a mixing console and studio monitors. I wonder how it would sound in a home hi-fi setup?
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My Apogee Symphony Desktop driving active ATC studio monitors in a Michael Green tunable room sounds at least as good as my consumer DACs.
I do not sell Apogee or ATC pro products.
The Prism Sound Dream DA-2 is still one of the very best DACs I've ever experienced..... And this is in spite of the lack of filtering options found in more recent products.......
I once owned this product...... Then sold it because I needed the money..... I probably would have acquired another one if I didn't find good low-cost alternatives...... But it is still the DAC to get if you want absolute performance. (The only DAC I've heard that I thought was better was the Wadia 9 Decoding Computer..... But even used, it costs more than a new DA-2, which retails for nine grand.)
Todd, Do you know what's inside this DAC? A chip? Multibit? Etc.?
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I once looked under the hood...... It looked like a circuit board from an aircraft LRU...... Had no idea about the circuit details.
I don't know that any DAC is "designed to be used" with any other specific gear. Some are just better than others. Actually, I can't see much use for the Bricasti in studio or live sound applications, as they mostly need DAC/ADCs.
My ULN2 is a DAC/ADC plus two line/mic inputs and various outputs, a.k.a. an "interface." As it, along with its stable-mates, is getting pretty old, MH released a user-installable upgrade to all their hardware that abandons Firewire for TCP & USB, freeing up enormous capabilities not previously possible. Nice. My 2011-vintage ULN2 is ready for the next ten years at least.
As for older converters, some of the early ones are still pretty good today. The Universal Audio 2192, long out of production, continues to trade higher and higher in the used market, because it was always so musical while also preserving the tiny details deep in the mix that are so crucial to studio work.
When Pro audio companies update their products, they sometimes make it possible for their customers to update products purchased long ago. I don't think I've ever seen that in the consumer field. Another benefit of working with pro gear is that the manufacturers are generally pretty small, so over the years you actually get to know the people who made your gear. A final bonus is that pro gear tends to be designed with an eye toward ease of servicing and repair.
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"They got a handful of gimme and a mouthful of much obliged." Alberta Hunter
I could see a mastering engineer using a 2 channel only dac but yes you are right most recording studios use multi channel ad/da converters.
I have a 12 year old M-Audio profire 8 channel in/out that I use to record small groups and drums in my basement. It's not as nice as your Metric halo but in theory I could create a 7.1 mix if I was so inclined. Actually sounds really nice with some budget Berringer Truth studio monitors and room treatments.
The Bricasti M1LE retails for $15,000.
Interesting I only found the Bricasti M21 for $16K. The M1 is marketed to pro audio and the M21 to home hi-fi. Assuming pro audio requires the best I wonder why there's no pro version on par with the M21?
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