« Reply #92 on: November 29, 2005, 12:38:17 PM »
Nick, M1 doesn't do 24 bit so I guess you mean for 16 bit recordings you like the M1 A/D better. Does the MT dither down to 16 bits? If so, I would think that's an advantage over the M1.
Glad to hear the MT does 24/96 line in no prob.
Exactly. At 16 bit I *slightly* prefer the M1, but obviously having 24 bit capability gives the advantage to the Microtrack.
Hmm, just checked m-audio's website and given the S/N ratio of 98 dB, seems like running 24 bit analog in on the MT offers almost no advantage to 16 bit.
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_gb/MicroTrack2496-focus.html
Sorry for straying off topic...
Is this true? Intriguing... Would you elaborate the reasoning? Is it because you'd just be getting more bits of noise?
As a standard, you should have a S/N ratio of at least 6dB ber each bit. A S/N ratio of 96 would be ideal for 16 bit, where as a S/N ratio of 144 or higher is needed for 24 bit.
Basically running analog in you increase the noisefloor of the MT at 24 bit. Have I found it to be problematic or overly noisy? - not in the least.
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