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Fortissimo III 7.1: Input And Output Quality, Continued
The following results show the quality of Fortissimo III 7.1 recording via the line-in stereo input. The test line was: DMX 6Fire 24/96 Stereo Out - Fortissimo III 7.1 line in.
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Right Mark Audio Analyser Results
Bande passante (from 40 Hz to 15 kHz), dB:
+0.02, -0.07
Excellent
Signal to noise ratio, dB (A):
-81.0
Good
Dynamic range, dB (A):
78.4
Average
Total harmonic distortion, %:
0.0084
Very good
Intermodular distortion, %:
0.043
Good
Stereo crosstalk, dB:
-76.1
Very good
Once more Fortissimo III comes off very well with excellent bandwidth compliance and a very good signal-to-noise ratio, even though it comes nowhere near the 95 dB and more of more music-focused cards.
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Bandwidth
Response
From 20 Hz to 20 kHz, dB
-0.40, +0.02
From 40 Hz to 15 kHz, dB
-0.07, +0.02
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Parameter
Left
Right
RMS power, dB:
-79.5
-79.3
RMS power (A-weighted), dB:
-81.0
-80.8
Peak level, dB FS:
-66.2
-66.8
DC offset, %:
-0.00
-0.00
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Parameter
Left
Right
Dynamic range, dB:
+76.8
+76.7
Dynamic range (A-weighted), dB:
+78.6
+78.4
DC offset, %:
-0.00
-0.00
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Parameter
Left
Right
THD, %:
0.009
0.008
THD + Noise, %:
0.022
0.022
THD + Noise (A-weighted), %:
0.021
0.021
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Parameter
Left
Right
IMD + Noise, %:
0.043
0.043
IMD + Noise (A-weighted), %:
0.037
0.037
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Parameter
G <- D
G -> D
Crosstalk at 100 Hz, dB:
-71
-72
Crosstalk at 1 kHz, dB:
-73
-75
Crosstalk at 10 kHz, dB:
-63
-63
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