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Posted by Romy the Cat on
04-17-2008
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I was looking for a solution to play my 88/24 files off my laptops and come across an interesting devise: M-Audio Transit USB. The thing is 24-bit/96kHz recording and playback sound card. It has digital and analog I/O, including glass, microphones inpits, and it is bus-powered. It is: 2.2” x 3.6” x 0.9” and it weight: 1.6 ounces – everything under $80. For extra $20 it is possible to get PCMCIA card. Does anyone use those small sound cards? How they sound? Is it worst to run the 88/24 files on those presumably bad (?) sound cards? Are any better and worst laptop soundcards solutions? Are any “high-end” laptop plug-in-type sound cards available?
The caT
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Posted by Alex Yakovlev on
04-17-2008
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I tried this particular device. It is quite convenient, though I did not do enough critical listening to elaborate on its quality.
M-Audio makes few external soundcards that are quite good.
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Posted by Romy the Cat on
04-23-2008
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Got the card and installed it. It dose works nice, the sound however is not good. It mish be used to run an instrumental microphone (it is how I will be using it) into it and it defiantly works better then the stock laptop card (noise etc) but from sonic perspective is it not good. Quality-wise the sonic degradation during conversion from 88kHz to 44kHz is way leas then the sonic limitation that the M-Audio Transit has.
The caT
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Posted by Mr Underhill on
07-08-2008
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I've been playing around with High Def Files for a few years.
I use an M-Audio recorder to capture concerts, and now that HiDef files are becoming available I have been buying them online.
For playback I have been burning DVDs which I play back on a Meridian 596 ---> Benchmark DAC1. The Meridian passes 9624 out through the spdif, something most DVD players don't do.
I have been wondering about comparing this output, which is very good, to what I'd get from a laptop ---> Benchmark DAC1.
I have considered the Transit, but had read variable reports on the web.
Did you try taking the optical out to an external DAC?
Currently I am also researching USB to SPDIF boxes, such as the HagUSB - but most appear to NOT pass high def., and those that do are expensive enough that it would be worth my considering changinf my Dac1 for a USB Dac1.
M
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