Firewire Audio Interface / Sound card

[nb2]

Hi nb2,

i just got the 7520 a few weeks ago and I love it, so i won't be buying a new DAC for a while. I wanted to try the firewire route out of my laptop to try to get to that extra 1-2% of sound quality because as i understand it, firewire is just better than USB for lower audio noise.

I am though a tight arse and wanted to do it for less than 30 GBP and therefore i failed!

Hi, I also own a TC-7520 upgraded with LM4562NA
I think it sounds good, but not so good as I would like.
The person who told me about the Chordette knows the Dac Magic, and found it way better than the Dac Magic.
For me the Dac Magic and the TC-7520 are more or less in the same league, so I am interested in the result.
Note that Chordette is more expensive than TC-7520 and Dac Magic though ... (I think it is 399£ but I'm not sure)

[TeTsuo36]

I had a look at the Chordette on audio affair. Pretty innovative, although i'm not sure who really has lots music on their phone and would also buy it. Phones/music mixed is usually rough kids on the bus banging out drum or bass, irritating the elderly.

At £390 it is not exactly cheap, but it gets great reviews. Ahah but it does look well gay (in the S.Park way).

[Codifus]

Just a quick note: all Macintoshes from the Power Mac G3 onwards (G4, G5), came with (minimum) 2 firewire 400 ports......built in. Firewire is Apple's baby. As firewire advanced, newer Macs like the PowerMac G5 came with Firewire 800 and 400.

And, I would like to make clear that I am not affiliated with Apple or any Firewire company. I'm just a big fan of good technologies and firewire is one of them. I also think that USB is a great technology, but it's design is not better suited to the demands of digital audio. The proliferation of USB audio devices, I believe, is mainly due to USB's extreme popularity, like MP3.

With specifics to this thread, the original poster may want to consider getting a used G4 Mac to interface with your Firewire device. VNC would be used to remote control the Mac from your Windows PC.

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