I'm listening to the DA side of this UCX....some tunes I previously cut in X1 with my Delta 66....ran line 1 and 2 out from the UCX into my monitors....I honestly don't hear any more clarity on the songs from the UCX compared to the line outs on the Delta......I'm going to cut a tune tonight using the UCX from the get go, but..........I'm a little disturbed because I expected a dramatic difference in the converters......can anyone help advise me on this? Thanks

Yeah it is pretty simple. There wont be a dramatic difference int he sound from the converters.

There me be a tiny but, but dramatic? Not even close.


Lance

Thanks.......anyone have a UCX or even a UFX that can clue me in on this? I have alot of quality mikes and preamps and thought the weak link was the Delta 66....I would think a $1300 interface would blow the doors off of a $200 Delta 66, but right now I'm not hearing it

Do you have the latest drivers? Have you visited the RME forum? Is there something wrong with your hearing? I would surmise that they are better and so are the drivers.

So far, it seems you're only dealing with 50% of the equation. I don't know if the other 50% will bring satisfaction, but, let us know.

I'm going to check the forum.....I'll work with this for a week and let you know the outcome....the AD has GOT to be miles above Delta converters that are 10 years old........I really wanted an Apollo, but didn't want to wait for Windows drivers in the summer.....as far as hearing, don't think that's the issue, but you never know, lol....which is why I'd like to get opinions on the UCX converter quality

this kind of underscores my belief, about modern decent convertors versus 'low-midrange' convertors...and the audio quality.

i use a Maudio Audiophile 192 card, and honestly, it's convertors sound as good to me, as the local studio's $2000 range convertors that i've used, and a whole sundry of other offerings i've used (alesis hd24, maudio project mix I/O, apogee rosetta, etc)

of course, i have ringing ears, so what do i know

From what I have read over there at the other forum, it is not so much the convertors, that define everything you may hear, it is the rest of it. Cheaper convertors in cheaper soundcards, use the program (programmers) that come with the chip, and you get what you get and they (the audio/interface manufacturers) do not change that. Thus you get drop-outs, jitters, other things that do not help the sound at all. With RME, you get their program which they put into the chip and thus the USB, and jitters, and anything else, is the lowest you can get plus they can upgrade their chips they use with their programming anytime they want to make the firmware and drivers even better and even add things that other manufacturers can not do, since the program they are using came with the chip they are using. That is why it all works better in the end with RME. But it is there on the forum and with reviews and anything else over there including explanations of it all.

But I only own the Babyface, and the rest is why other audio/interfaces are cheaper in the end and may not work as good because with the drivers and the firmware unchangable they can not make it better or even add anything the customer may want if RME can do that (because some requests just can not be done without added costs that would develop with the hardware of RME). And considereing the time RME takes to help their customers vs. other manufacturers makes sure that the customer feels better and knows more about what is going on with the hardware than other audio/interfaces may be willing to tell about their hardware and anything else like that. Yes, it is better then because it all works better with RME.