Sheriff1972

Thanks Mitch, I will post some pictures Christmas and new year, when i get a chance to get things up together. The Lucid converter was a bit of a punt, but at £400 for 8 channels of AD / DA, it has got to be worth a shot. Will pick up an AES card now, so the computer can talk to the DAC. Have been selling off random bits of audio equipment to fund the project - should keep me entertained for a while! The last bit to get will be Acourate :-) Cheers

Hmmm - what i thought was an ADAT port on the back of my computer is actually an SPDIF via toslink. Are there any cheap multichannel soundcards that output digital over AES / EBU at 24/192? If not i will have to move to a lynx aes16...

Hi Mitch, Been a bit of a voyeur when it comes to Acourate, but your post has come at the right time and has persuaded me to push the button on the software and mic. I have bought a Void Indigo speaker system, and need to use the XO function as well as the DRC of Acourate to get it up and running. To that end i have bought an 8 channel ADC / DAC - the Lucid 88192 which i can find at a good price. Jriver will take over the front end and volume control duties. i will send digital audio out via the toslink on my computer and into the Lucid running at 48KHz (until i find a 24/192 card with a decent AES digital output.) Is relying on JRivers volume control a safe option and are there any glaring problems you would forsee? Thanks Mike

Hi, Perfect timing. I have wasted, er i mean invested, loads of money on digital front ends in the past, so wanted to use a convection cooled, low noise front end, that stores all of my music to play into a DAC / Pre. Once we have the build notes and reasons for component selection, i am ready to go! Cheers, and great website by the way. Sheriff