Grace Lunatec & Benchmark DAC 1

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I wonder if I could get opinions from some of you about this.
I'm thinking of using these two pieces of equipment with my M-box as a high
quality but relatively inexpensive front end.
I can get 2 channels of excellent mic-pre and A/D-D/A conversion for around
$2300.
Has anyone used either of these devices? Are they really as good as their
promotions say they are.
Thanks in advance for your help.

Dave

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"Len Moskowitz" <moskowit@panix.com> wrote in message
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> So why would you bother with the M-Box. Get a simple S/PDIF interface
> for your PC and start recording.

Because I already have the M-box and need it to run Pro-Tools.
dave

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Len Moskowitz wrote:

> So why would you bother with the M-Box. Get a simple S/PDIF interface
> for your PC and start recording.

Some folks find ProTools useful.

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ha

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hank alrich <walkinay@thegrid.net> wrote:

>> So why would you bother with the M-Box. Get a simple S/PDIF interface
>> for your PC and start recording.
>
>Some folks find ProTools useful.

Wouldn't it be nice if digidesing allowed ProTools to work with
commodity sound cards instead of making folks buy theirs?

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"hank alrich" <walkinay@thegrid.net> wrote in message
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>
> I've used the Grace briefly during a 4-way preamp comparison. While I
never chose it as my
> favorite in our comparisons, I also never heard anything from it that
> would make it unsuitable for high fidelity capture.


Actually I was primarily interested in opinions on the converters in the
Grace, but just out of curiosity, what were the other preamps?
Dave

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On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 16:14:31 -0500, Len Moskowitz wrote
(in article <cme63n$9ud$1@panix3.panix.com> ):

>
> hank alrich <walkinay@thegrid.net> wrote:
>
>>> So why would you bother with the M-Box. Get a simple S/PDIF interface
>>> for your PC and start recording.
>>
>> Some folks find ProTools useful.
>
> Wouldn't it be nice if digidesing allowed ProTools to work with
> commodity sound cards instead of making folks buy theirs?

Wouldn't it be nice if there were unlimited funds for Digidesign telephone
support to cover the real problems encountered by thousands of people who
won't read or don't understand manuals and don't know why their software
dujour isn't doing what they want it to (whether it was designed or
configured to do that or not) with Digidesign hardware.

I think getting the most from a system of software and hardware is not
trivial. I think Digi has begun to open the gates with ASIO, but it's really
easy to understand why they don't want to take undue criticism for software
made by others that doesn't work well with their hardware.

Regards,

Ty Ford


-- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other audiocentric
stuff are at www.tyford.com

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Thank you for the replies. Does anyone have an alternate suggestion for a
great sounding A/D, D/A, Mic pre, combination in this approximate price
range.
Dave


"David Miller" <eqnimity@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> I wonder if I could get opinions from some of you about this.
> I'm thinking of using these two pieces of equipment with my M-box as a
high
> quality but relatively inexpensive front end.
> I can get 2 channels of excellent mic-pre and A/D-D/A conversion for
around
> $2300.
> Has anyone used either of these devices? Are they really as good as their
> promotions say they are.
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Dave
>
>