Lovin' my new Lynx

ORIGINAL: twisted6s

I wasn't sure I'd be able to tell the difference between my old Delta 66 and my new Lynx L22 audio card but a difference there is!! The sound is more clear, the stereo seperation is more defined, and the drivers are rock solid with Sonar!! So far the only downside for me is the mixer software has a dull GUI, but once it's set who cares!! It's still early yet and it still hasn't been put through all it's paces so I'll tell you guys and gals more in the future when I've completed a song with it.

Cool.. yeah I love my Lynx, of all the gear I've ever purchased I feel the best about that investment. I do wish they would slick up the GUI on the mixer, that would be the final touch.

Welcome to the Lynx club

twisted6s,

Shhhh... be quiet! You're going to give away our secret weapon when it comes to mixes.

Glad you're enjoying it. It is like you said, the GUI for mixer may not be great, but other than the first time I set it up I've had no need to look at the mixer again.

Hope it continues to work great for you.

Tom

I remember your original post about this. Glad to hear you bought the L22. Great product and company. Yeah, welcome to the club. :>)

DaveT

as a Delta 66 owner I've ben watching this thread with some envy :) Is there a breakout box like the Delta ?

twisted - the sonic difference was pretty pronounced ?

ORIGINAL: Gregmang

as a Delta 66 owner I've ben watching this thread with some envy :) Is there a breakout box like the Delta ?

twisted - the sonic difference was pretty pronounced ?

Actually there is no breakout "box" just 2 port jacks that plug directly into the pci card that have cables (XLR) for the anolog and digital I/Os. I would describe the "sonic" difference as more clear and 3 dimensional. The Delta 66 was not a bad card so the difference is not like night and day but the difference is there.

[Actually there is no breakout "box" just 2 port jacks that plug directly into the pci card that have cables (XLR) for the anolog and digital I/Os. I would describe the "sonic" difference as more claer and 3 dimensional. The Delta 66 was not a bad card so the difference is not like night and day but the difference is there]

Hi, I am glad that you got a good soundcard, but to clear up any confusion, you are talking about the sonic diiference when monitoring back, right?
That means that the projects that you have done "before", now you can hear better, therefore and hopefully, will help you mix better, right?
sincerely

ORIGINAL: Tobias

Excellent! I've been sold on my LynxTWO-A for a couple of years. Only way to go from here is if I get rich and get the new Orpheus from Prism Sound. Or does anyone know if the Aroura is a step up from the LynxTWO?

I am certain the crystal clear and rich guitar sounds I'm getting come from recording through the LynxTWO. Of course a decent mic and guitar are critical too.

If I needed more inputs I would get the LS-ADAT card for the LynxTWO and an Aroura. However, I don't think you would hear the big difference between the LynxTWO and the Aroura, should be too close to tell. The big jump is going from a lesser card to a Lynx. If I ever needed a reason to blow money it might be fun to try a Benchmark D/A just to compare, plus it has a nice headphone amp in it. I kinds wish they made a small Aroura... like a 2 in, 2out model. They could call it the Lynx Kitten Oh ! and a version of the Kitten with USB to compete directly with the Benchmark DAC1 USB... not that would be cool... Lynx quality on a laptop... woo hoo !

ORIGINAL: auto_da_fe

I always looked at the Lynx and thought that was a lot of money for a card and a cable.

No breakout box, no pre-amp. Wow must be really good to command that price.

JR

It really is that good. I wasted a lot of money on other cards (about the price of the Lynx) before I decided to just get the best and be done with it. So I spent twice as much as if I had just go the Lynx to start with. Thanks to e-bay I did get some of that back. It's still the best sounding internal sound card you buy at any price, even after all these years. It's not only the best sounding sound card I've ever heard, it's the best sounding recording device (of any kind) I've ever heard.

Some notes (Cons). The software mixer really is ugly but functional. You will see the meters move (noise) on any input that has nothing plugged into it. If you have a preamp attached (even if it's turned off) the noise is gone and get dead silence. So you want to use the software mixer to mute any un-used inputs. Also, the XLR plugs on the end of the cable are the cheapest ones ever made !! Not what you would expect from such an expensive device but hey... I'm handy with a soldering iron so I installed my own gold tipped ones. It would be cool if Mogami made a custom upgrade harness for those cards. And... it's a card... you can't use it with a laptop. To get Lynx quality on a laptop you have to buy the mega buck Aroura external converter AND the firewire adapter card.

Also, the XLR plugs on the end of the cable are the cheapest ones ever made !! Not what you would expect from such an expensive device but hey... I'm handy with a soldering iron so I installed my own gold tipped ones. It would be cool if Mogami made a custom upgrade harness for those cards. And... it's a card... you can't use it with a laptop. To get Lynx quality on a laptop you have to buy the mega buck Aroura external converter AND the firewire adapter card.


Yea, that kinda threw me as well

Running the TwoA here. Going to buy another one for 8 channels of Lynx in and out.

Lynx L22

I see there are no Vista drivers for the Lynx. What OS do you use?

You are right. I was looking on a retailers website and they weren't listed. Sorry.

ORIGINAL: j boy

ORIGINAL: ohhey

One dream product would be the USB 2 dual channel Aroura I wish they made and maybe a version with two Grace brand preamps built in... wow. Yes, it would cost a lot but would be very handy for laptop users doing location recording.

Sounds like a PC Duet you're describing! I'm curious tho', why in particular the Grace, and not say Great Rivers with some iron in 'em? Great idea for sure.

Yeah ! maybe they could make the case so lunchbox type preamp "cards" would fit. That way any preamp maker that wanted to could make a Lynx Kitten compatible card. I picked Grace because that's what I used with mine back when I was recording more. At one time I even had the #$%&*! expensive Grace m902 headphone amp and a Grace 101 preamp attached to mine. Really sweet rig. I sold all my Grace gear a few years ago and now I have to use a little SoundCraft Compact 4 mixer... dude.... it hurts to downgrade. But I kept the Lynx Two A card, I'll always have one of those.

ORIGINAL: Middleman

Running the TwoA here. Going to buy another one for 8 channels of Lynx in and out.

Hey Middleman, why not one of these cards?

http://www.lynxstudio.com/product_detail.asp?i=26