Creative's E-MU 0404: Pro Sound Quality on the Cheap
Behavior At 24 Bits/48 KHz
When we move to 24 bits performance increases sharply, which shows the potential and the quality of this card.
Frequency response (20 Hz - 20 kHz): | +0.13, -0.16 dB |
Weighted signal-to-noise ratio: | 111.2 dB(A) |
Distortion: | 0.0010 % |
Stereo separation: | 109.9 dB |
Frequency response : Obviously no problem, with a frequency response that remained perfectly linear!
Noise level : Noise is very low, and though it shows a few minor incidents it is much lower than with consumer sound cards.
Dynamic capacity : A very good result in this area, as we might have expected...
Distortion : Far below 100 dB (under the fundamental), distortion is extremely low.
Intermodulation : No unpleasant surprises with intermodulation distortion, which is negligible.
Stereo separation : Stereo separation is programmed in the median zone of the spectrum and here again we see the slight reduction in the high frequencies that we found at 44 kHz.
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Performance overall is quite astounding for a card in this price range. In any case, it's better than for any consumer-market sound cards, regardless of price. The 0404, then, is a very good choice for users looking for audio performance above all.
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