From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Wed Apr 25 20:08:57 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F35B2FAEEBD for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 20:08:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) Received: from sonic307-7.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (sonic307-7.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com [87.248.110.32]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7E35E7BF99 for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 20:08:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com) X-YMail-OSG: Su9BgXsVM1l0gCLHQnP2kXwlmsY6e90m.MPHJXdWcpbb9hntHv9r9TWXK6od75T XzQLpaHRFDFdC.c8sT7F9_BfsPrHWaLbFdcSbHQ7CqaqEiZ7LPd_caQSIj0A90I7H1yMKEfZ34Kc BWXY1z2cKqx2a5E.hxWzTF1vPsrC42Kf_71Txuj71CHb.TNU9w9ukhImx4..cNKxqIyhlJmwD_67 myYqnP82Hp4tjVo1t6Gq4MujYfNdhqYYFwG_P4Jfq5PhKCUruoeK1JVLpE_Z0SAgLzKkMXUQpA5l qX_qiuANFsX8rciwMhgzISYuqxqY0ZFT4NOeGIlXZVW6Fa8OAdzrWYM1tE0aQxs.n.C2frUmhqkx iapIqODXa18NV1NoLRNn97uirXhZOt7EtwsmHz5mVwcGi7zR3mwGC3ldjmCFVUaQbFDOTub0JleD aBXXBwcay9ZTVeUz4N1PL27rDgsvXR4QTzLki4Rj0c5iiKuR4CovpfXDycbgp00UtT.v4BZOh.kK O.YdZoRtbBbsW9Ew_0BydGqM08i8gW5cwyfUv7LFHGVEGc3jjgAWb1cgH5NMWa.URmlgFPsp.LJj 1xmlGuNkPwyQjbniq2DOsoyA4HA_apErDVCNL7LWjv6e9Snbquc2UYp3pGnPjBeEVv7im9jaCLVi _ Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic307.consmr.mail.ir2.yahoo.com with HTTP; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 20:08:49 +0000 Received: from x4e32150c.dyn.telefonica.de (EHLO archlinux) ([78.50.21.12]) by smtp417.mail.ir2.yahoo.com (Oath Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID fb486ef5c5ad0542c6dff0e7c4fb5cfa for ; Wed, 25 Apr 2018 20:08:45 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 22:08:45 +0200 From: Ralf Mardorf To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: audiophile sound on FreeBSD ? Message-ID: <20180425220845.76400601@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20180425215140.4d242a3b@WorkMachine> References: <20180423224242.7299f430@WorkMachine> <20180424113308.52f35f93@WorkMachine> <20180424200924.12c648bf@archlinux> <20180425215140.4d242a3b@WorkMachine> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.16.0git136 (GTK+ 2.24.32; x86_64-arch-linux-gnu) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 20:08:57 -0000 On Wed, 25 Apr 2018 21:51:40 +0200, AikiZen wrote: >I have this usb audio >card :=C2=A0https://www.thomann.de/fr/presonus_audiobox_usb_96.htm?ref=3Ds= earch_prv_3 > >It's the good card ? I don't know this very cheap prosumer audio device. I once tested the Presonus AudioBox 1818VSL. The 1818VSL seems to be a quite good usable audio interface for home recording, but it's also a prosumer audio device. It's quite possible to do professional recordings with a prosumer audio interface, but with the exception, that you are unable to estimate fine nuances. I compared the 1818VSL with the professional RME card's IOs and with a prosumer ADA8000 IOs. I suspect an audiophile person expects professional audio quality + esoteric humbug. Those prosumer devices are good enough for most users, but they definitively don't provide the audio quality of a RME card and this isn't esoteric humbug.