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OMG, prism orpheus, now that's my dream interface! interesting because if anything, the mackie has gobs of slam/jump factor and seems to have a very neutral midrange. very realistic sounding on female vocal standards like jennifer warnes 'famous blue raincoat" and bonnie rait's "luck of the draw"! what type of music & groups/artists do u record?

so how would u say it compared to your other consumer DACs and what audio converter chipset does the RME use??

so getting to audition the emotiva a couple days ago with 24/96 samples really has me fired up and has renewed my passion for home audio. was about to pick one up on ebay the other day when the idea of using my Mackie 400F firewire recording interface popped in my head. sure enough, playing back these 24/96 samples was even more revealing that the emotiva. it also has s/pidf coax in that i'm running my escient into. so, i'm curious to know if anyone(recording engineer or hobbyist) has used a recording interface for this purpose(as a DAC)? i am on a very tight budget, but am looking to get the most out of what i currently have! macbook pro & escient fireball E2-300 > mackie onyx 400F > parasound halo A23 > mirage m-3si

thanku for your thoughtfulness david! they are certainly attractive, but after the hell i went through, imho, i'd say... stay away!

just getting into hi-res computer audio and am about to buy(or am thinking of) an emotive xda-1 after hearing yesterday some 24/96 from my macbook pro>xda-1>parasound halo>mirage m-3si... stunning! my divorce took me out of the game for a couple of years, but i am back. we used a cheapie super thin optical cable for this and i used a trial version of decibel... either way, i was very impressed and it definitely cleaned up the sound of my escient server! hope to partake and be enlightened from this forum