analog or digital?

[simeon]

which will give me the best quality? using the digital input at 44.1khz, or using balanced analog inputs with the eclipse set at 48khz internal sampling rate?

i'm not sure which is more important – the sample rate, or the quality of the input signal?

many thanks

sim

[IDeangelis]

Hi Simeon

your ears live in the analog world. So an audio signal is always and only perceived in anaog domain. The real answer is that very signal quality translation in the analog realm depends on the D/A converters used in the conversion process. Obviously, bit rate and sampling frequency will make the conversion more accurate.

Say this signal is originally created at 24 bit/48Khz. I would keep these values as they are…no need to change them as uincreasing the values you are not adding anything and decreasing you are making it worse…..unless it's an analog source that you are converting…so the max. values your system can handle…the better the quality.

BUT….in the end… if you have a D/A converter of higher quality than Eclipses one, you'll hear a better version of it.

Once, in a pro studio, I was blown away by hearing Orville reverbs at 24/96, using Prism Sound converters…another world…stellar! Obviously the cost of the converter was exactly the same as Orville's price tag.

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[simeon]

thanks italo…but specifically…would i be better off using the digital out of my tc g-force (44.1 only) to the digital in of the eclipse, or to use the balanced analog outs/ins and set the eclipse to 48?

sim

[IDeangelis]

the less you convert…the better…..at the end!

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[simeon]

ahhh…thank you!

sim

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