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Gullanian 
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Posted: 21 November 2005 at 10:51am |
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Hi guys,
I bought a new hifi recently, being delivered tommorow. I
couldn't afford a CD player for the hi fi, so opted for using my PC to
feed the music. A sound engineer recommended this soundcard to me:
http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/page/shop/flypage/product_id/3446
So I got it, and it sounds fantastic with my headphones. Anyway I
phoned up the shop I bought my hi fi from, because I need a cable to go
from the soundcard to the amp (Cyrus). They told me that it has
no sound outputs or something, and I need a DAC or something, is this
true? I'm not very good with hardware matching and stuff.
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Posted: 21 November 2005 at 4:56pm |
 Gullanian wrote:
They told me that it has
no sound outputs or something, and I need a DAC or something, is this
true? I'm not very good with hardware matching and stuff.
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[QUOTE=EMU]
Comprehensive analog and digital I/O plus MIDI - 18 inputs and 20 outputs, plus two sets of MIDI I/O and FireWire port
I/O Configuration:
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Two TFPro Mic/Line/Hi-Z preamps (w/48V phantom power) |
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Eight 1/4" Balanced Outputs |
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Turntable input (w/ground lug and hardware RIAA preamp) |
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24-bit/192kHz ADAT In/Out (switchable to S/PDIF) |
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24-bit/96kHz coaxial S/PDIF In/Out (switchable to AES/EBU) |
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24-bit/96kHz optical S/PDIF Out (switchable to AES/EBU) |
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Two sets of MIDI In/Out |
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Four stereo 1/8" Speaker Outputs (configurable from stereo to 7.1) |
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Stereo Headphone Output |
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Firewire® Interface |
Analog Line Outputs (8)
- Type: balanced, low-noise, 3-pole low-pass differential filter
- Level (software selectable):
- Professional: +4dBu nominal, 20dBu maximum (balanced)
- Consumer: -10dBV nominal, 6dBV maximum (unbalanced)
- Frequency Response: +0.0/-0.8dB, 20Hz - 20kHz
- THD+N (1kHz signal at -1dBFS): -98dB (.0013%)
- SNR (A-weighted): 112dB
- Dynamic Range (1kHz, A-weighted): 112dB
- Stereo Crosstalk (1kHz at -1dBFS): < -115dB
- Combo Microphone Preamplifier/Line Inputs (2)
- Type: TFPro™ combination microphone preamp and line input
- Frequency Response: +0.8/-0.1dB, 20Hz - 20kHz
- Stereo Crosstalk (1kHz min gain, -1dBFS): < -120dB
- Line Input:
- Gain Range: -12 to +28dB
- Max Level: +17dBV (19.2dBu)
- THD+N (1kHz at -1dBFS, min gain): -94dB (.002%)
- Dynamic Range (A-weighted, 1kHz min gain): 100dB
- SNR (A-weighted, min gain): 100dB
- Input Impedance: 10K ohm
- Common-mode Rejection Ratio (60Hz): > 40dB
- Microphone Preamplifier
- Gain Range: +10 to +50dB
- Max Level: -12dBV (-9.8dBu)
- THD+N (1kHz at -1dBFS, min gain): -95dB (.0018%)
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Gullanian
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Posted: 21 November 2005 at 7:51pm |
lol
I spoke to a cable specialist, and he told me that they were telling me
that to get them to buy a DAC off them, but i've ordered cabling now
and its all good
The e-mu is a fantastic card, sound quality from my Hd590's is superb,
haven't heard anything in my life so far that comes near this
quality. Highly recommend it!
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MadDog
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Posted: 21 November 2005 at 9:16pm |
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Why did you go external???
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Gullanian
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Posted: 21 November 2005 at 9:18pm |
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It comes with a PCI card and breakout box, so both internal and external.
A sound engineer recommended it on drum-world, and I am thoroughly
impressed with it! I was going to get the Creative Xfi, but I was
told it's for games only really.
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Posted: 22 November 2005 at 6:33pm |
The higher end cards have breakout boxes, if for no other reason than
they just can't fit everything into a tiny card slot. Try getting 20
outputs on a regular sound card 
Again - a very yummy card~!
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Gullanian
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Posted: 22 November 2005 at 7:26pm |
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I can't stop listening to it, the quality is astounding, can't wait to
link to my Cyrus amps and PMC FB1+ speakers! Have to wait a few
more days for those though
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Posted: 22 November 2005 at 7:39pm |
oh quit making us jealous you bum 
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