Topic: Best A/D converter

[charles]

I'm thinking about getting a new a/d converter and I thought I'd see what everyone else thinks. Guideline here is best a/d converter under $500.

[Brian Skalinder]

There is no "best", only personal preference given one's own ears, additional recording equipment, and playback system.  What other recording gear are you using - mics?  preamp?  recorder?  Are you open to changing the preamp for a pre/ADC combo?

[charles]

Yeah. I understand the misuse of "best." I allready have a pre/ad combo...I use a ua-5.

[Brian Skalinder]

IMO, the UA-5 *is* the best pre/ADC for <= $500.  If you only have a digi-mod, stepping up to a warm/presence/transparent mod will keep you in the $500 range and improve your sound and change the sonic characteristics.  Again...what mics?

[Tim]

IMO, the UA-5 *is* the best pre/ADC for <= $500.  If you only have a digi-mod, stepping up to a warm/presence/transparent mod will keep you in the $500 range and improve your sound and change the sonic characteristics. 

what Brian said.

[charles]

Nak cm100's......one adc I had in mind was AD-20. I've heard some tapes w/ Nakcm100>AD-20> that sounded superb, but I know very little about the Denecke.

[pfife]

the +17dbs of gain inherent in the AD-20 kills me.

In a bad way.

[Tim]

the ua5, especially if modded, is far superior to the ad20.

Honestly you will need to spend significantly more than your budget to get any sort of "upgrade". "Upgrading" to a V3, or a v2,m148,sonosax,psp2,etc->minime,modsbm-1 will cost you 2.5 times your budget.

what are you hoping to accomplish with this change? what don't you like about your current setup?

I'd sell the mics before I ditched the ua5.

[John R]

get this

[jpschust]

i do kinda miss the rosetta, i dont think those are made anymore, correct?  i heard the trak2's are being put out of production as well- but im not all that up on the apogee stuff anymore.  all i have from them is a big ben.

[Tim]

doesn't suprise me about the Trak2, I mean now that they make the MiniMe, a "Trak2 To-Go", why bother with the original.

[John R]

silly humans.  even apogee came into the 2000's.  man, some of the best jon-o sci's came through the rosetta

http://apogeedigital.com/products/rosetta200.php

[neumannkid]

Is the a/d in the UA-5 better than the one in the M1?

[jpschust]

Is the a/d in the UA-5 better than the one in the M1?

from my listening i think so.

[macdaddy]

all i have from them is a big ben.

do you really? i have been looking at that unit, too - but it is alot of coin to drop...