The ever increasing complexity of modern Sound Control Consoles led to the widespread use of Integrated Circuits (I.C.s) to save space and achieve better efficiency. were far fewer and we could pack these large, heat generating circuits into the module. In those days console features, facilities, tracks, Aux's etc. Class A is actually a mode of operation in which the supply current to the amplifying device does not vary as a function of the amplitude of the signal being amplified.Įfficiency of Class A amplifiers is low, but the wonderful sound of my old consoles was achieved with single sided pure Class A amplifiers. What is “Class A”? It’s not just an expression of “goodness” that has been used carelessly to describe every kind of amplifier from consumer electronics to Pro Audio. They don't mention that so I can assume not. 'How about those pre's are they Class A (or doesn't that matter anymore)? How about those pre's are they Class A (or doesn't that matter anymore)? I'm hearing that the converters sound as good as the LynxTwo (but then.how could they tell that.can the pre's in the 400 be bypassed?)īTW - Never mind.I get it.10 I/O, 4 pre's. (it still slightly bothers me that S/P DIF & ADAT have embedded clocks & firewire doesn't.but hey.)Īnyway, I've got the UA 2-610 & a Grace Model 101 so I won't have any problem getting my synths up to line level (& my XV-5050 is hot anyway.) If it's digital going into the PC then as long is the buffering is handled OK there's no worries there. So I was prepared to make the jump all the way to Apogee/Mytek/Benchmark & go AES/EBU.īut then recently I began thinking.wait a minute.the conversion happens outside (prior to) the box, meaning that the AI then feeds the already converted digital signal to the PC's HD (via the DAW.) The internal clock still controls the conversion so there's no jitter worries there. I kept hearing about how the interface was asynchronous packet-based w/ no embedded clock.hence JITTER. I've been worried shitless over going firewire. Holy crap.thanks a lot.to you & tubedude, as well.

Mackie onyx 400f