XXHighEnd

I've been doing 'Computer Audio' since 2003!

I've just been looking through some old paperwork that I have. I bought my MOTU 896HD on 28/12/03, for the sole reason of connecting my DAC to my PC. This was great - I had low jitter (by slaving MOTU to Esoteric D70 via BNC) and bit-perfect output up to 24/96K using Foobar and ASIO. And this was 2003! Some people struggle to get this even today!

On 7/6/05, I 'upgraded' to an RME FF800. I could never detect any difference in SQ between the MOTU and the FF800, both acting solely as interfaces, but the FF800 was certainly more user friendly (auto SR switching, etc).

So Peter, do I take your crown?

Mani.

Hahaha, where does a subject like this comes from ? I think I saw someone coming by using the computer for playback since 1996. And I guess more crazies do this much longer than me. No doubt about that.

The 7/6/05 is interesting though, because that is about the date I bought my Fireface800 (2 days earlier or later, I don't recall), which is anyway the date I sorted everything out for "a" best connection after 6 months of research and trials, which was merely about video.
In 2006 I started to get annoyed about the audio players all sounding different and never consistent. The best sound I could get was ...from such a DirectShow "filter" block. This is when I started XXHighEnd, though not by means of the DirectShow route. That is what I'm doing now, so I'm late on everything. :)

Btw 7/6 is my birthday.

Peter


PS: Maybe back in 2003 everybody received bit perfect plyback because of W2K ruling then ?

Haha, I've noticed a couple of times that you've stated in other posts, here and on other sites, that you think you were the first to use a FF800 purely as an interface. I remember thinking whenever I read these posts, "No way, matey" . But it looks like you actually may have been the first... by a day or two...


So, your FF800 was a birthday present? To yourself? On behalf of someone else?

I do this all the time. Last year, I bought an old Berning Siegfried 300B amp, as a birthday present to myself, on behalf of my wife. She doesn't even know (or care) about the difference between a valve and a light bulb, let alone understand why I would want to spend a fortune on a 5W amp!

Mani.

No, it sure wasn't a birthday present; those things only happen in "colaboration" with our 11 year old. :) The time starts to be behind us that he doesn't want to use the things himself ...

I'll look up the exact date when I'm back home, but I think it was these two days later. You take that FF crown while it's around anyway !

Trying to get a marlin now ...
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I found this : http://forums.theatertek.com/showthread.php?t=7746

This clearly shows that at the 17th of July 2005 I was still struggeling with another device, which I returned for the Fireface. This gave me the SPDIF passthrough of decoded DTS I was seeking for at the time.

This crown is yours, Mani.
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haha .. post #15 in that thread is a classis. I can tell you were somewhat peeved at the lack of Andrew's involvement is getting your issue resolved.

Sorry for going off topic here .. just wanted to say you put a smile on my face reading that.

Cheers,

Russ