Thanks for the reply........I haven't gotten the Dynaudios yet (they are the BM5A MkII model) ....will post my thoughts on those....should be a no brainer as I've already heard these during pro mixing sessions.....

I'm going to stick with the UCX and in hindsight, I shouldn't have jumped the gun on this piece.......I'll cut something with acoustic guitars, bass, Superior Drummer, vocals, etc. and let everyone know my thoughts...I'm sure I'll be happy

BTW: Your Lynx is a nice card

 Multiply that over 24-48 simultaneous tracks of audio... and that's where you'll hear a much more "dramatic" difference.  

BINGO.


you wont hear the difference (or barely hear it) with low end to mid grade converters listening to a single track, and a/b'ing it.


but you WILL hear the difference with greater numbers of tracks being mixed together, as the collective 'sonic fingerprint' of the unit you are using, adds up.

You won't notice anything by running a stereo mix through the D/A of the RME. You're still listening to material recorded with your Delta converters. You may not notice anything different with a $5000 converter either by doing this.

You will notice a difference on a new project with multiple tracks recorded through the RME. Good converters/bad converters make themselves apparent with multiple tracks. Once you have, say - 20 tracks to mix that were all fed throught the A/D converters, that's when the difference of using better converters will show up. It still may be a subtle difference...but it could be dramatic. It'll depend on how good/bad the Delta A/D is you're comparing to.

we're all saying the same thing.
LOL

Again, thanks guys........

I upgraded from a Delta R-bus to a DIGI9652. It's in the drivers, stability by clock and when recording....
Just breath and record with it. Just take that Great River a nice microphone and record a decent vocal line.... You'll hear it...

I have the same CPU setup as GaffPro and was also thinking about upgrading to RME UCX. Don't know if it's worth it though? On my part I'm partly after the converters when recording with different musicians at home, but mostly the "significant" lower latency which RME are known to be kings of (as I record drums on a DTX900 via samplebanks for clients). Do you reach <3ms with your UCX there GaffPro? Still - it comes down to more than the interface in that regard...

John: I can try that with the latency and let you know........I'm still monitoring with a Mackie hardware mixer and am auditioning 3 different sets of powered monitors right now. According to RME, the converters in the UCX are their top of the line, which is why I bought the item. It has enough ins and outs for my needs, although I could have gotten the UFX for $300 more at the time

I have a Roland Quad-Capture card which I upgraded from a Creative Elite-Pro and I could hear a difference in quality. I'm considering the UCX currently but I'm now thinking based on what's being said here that I'm not going to hear a great deal of difference, unless it get down to having heaps of sounds in the mix. It seems that some of guys are saying that's where an interface like UCX comes into its own.
 
I also don't have studio monitors at this point...I have pretty good quality Polkaudio speakers but I still have no idea what to buy that will give me the clarity I guess I'm chasing. So many studio monitors, so costly and no way to really try before you buy...I guess it's trial and error.
 
Gaffpro, I'd be interested to see how you go with the UCX and those Dynaudios yet (they are the BM5A MkII model) monitors you were getting.

Fyi. Old thread alert (bumped from 2012).

(Not 2003 as I originally thought).