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..The cable Mr Steward refers to is a milspec Sata 3 60gbs shielded made in the US and used in our servers,he requested one after reviewing our Ref 1, they have never been offered for sale as a stand alone item.......I am however sorely tempted after all the fuss and abuse that the reviewer has had to contend with.

given that the card and software are capable of DSD and DXD if used with DAD dac,was this the configuration you listened to,as to the ESI cards,the Juli@ is quite capable but even for the money the Maya is streets behind the EMU 0404 Pci

Just a quickie,when you say it sounded different,was it,for want of a better expression a lack of "sparkle" by any chance.

I agree,the latest Lynx drivers function OK with vista,still issues with Direct/waveout but OK with Asio,configured correctly.my point is,legacy firmware/drivers will not work with Vista hence the OS of choice must be XP,this is why the combo works together only in XP,what part of this is not clear..........<br /> Your comment re the case is interesting,given all components are the same the only explanation could be a mild case of sound card cookery,the hfx case is well known in the UK and Europe and given reasonable ambients should be OK,would be interested in finding out room temps,might exlpain it...........<br /> Am always open,but wont agree just for the sake of it,objectivity is much more important than opinion..Am happy to say I dont crave credibility,see previous......

Fair enough,just for the sake of it then,explain how the legacy drivers from Lynx that precede the Vista release can work with same,and just one more tiny thing,its about the Bios settings you refer to in the review,"they reset themselves",must be the heat, gotta say thats defo a first,please tell me you didnt go for it..<br /> As to Mike and Paul,yeh me too,nice guys both,and really understand the business.

Forgot to mention,you might want to check with Paul at Lynx and Mike at Berkely,think you will find they confirm my statements.

Really,I use the term the same as any other IT pro does,but I figure that calling them servers sounds better,to some....Longevity is no substitute for ability....Einstein<br /> Lynx and Vista,one last time, a true Vista audio driver,when you go control panel,sound,playback will show as spdif, if you are using digital out, not speakers(this indicates just that,speakers,as in analogue) as with the lynx drivers.<br /> Lynx/Berkely dac will not work with your suggested firmware and driver(both legacy 2004) in Vista because they precede Vista,thats it in a nutshell,not exactly rocket science is it ?????

I use the term "server" in the accepted (IT ) sense,how else ?Re the Lynx drivers,I repeat,VISTA drivers (true) will show in config as SPDIF....not Speakers,thought everyone knew that ?????????<br /> Currently running the 16 and 16src in Bitperfect multi media server (yes,and it does have the SQL server software)...<br /> Re the Alpha dac,havent tried it...yet,not ROHS compliant so cant be sold in UK/Europe,but again some issues,hence only 2004 firmware/drivers for Lynx card.

As a newbie I dont want to offend right from the getgo,but,there is much use of the term "Server" when the simple truth is that they are not,I see no sign or mention of any server software/hardware anywhere.Another issue is the XP/Lynx legacy driver thing,this is quite simple to explain,Lynx have no Vista drivers,hence in the sound panel it only shows up as "speakers" furthermore they freely admit to isues re Lynx cards and the Vista OS,and I wont even go there re the Alpha Dac/hdcd/Vista.......