Quote: Originally Posted by Cris
Very nice project so far!
How does the M audio sound like?
I love the M-Audio, It is professional quality; I could right away feel the difference in sound quality (very crispe) when I test drove it for about month connected to my desktop. It takes power from Firewire lines, but I could also use the 12V opus as the power source. It includes 4 RCA output.
The only thing I wish it had is Toslink optical input as opposed to coax -SPDIF digital input. That way I could connect from the TOslink optial audio from the Mitch's RS232 interface straight to the m-Audio. But I have to use aToslink to coax convertor now. no biggy just have to power it.
One more issue, with the M-Audio FW audiophile driver installed, your Windows master volume controls is given zero lines to control, therefore if you run the Windows mixer, sndvol32.exe, you wont see any master volume control. Most programs wanting to control the Master volume will most likely check how many lines the master volume controls and if that number is zero then they disable the master volume, in the case of sndvol32.exe it wont show the master volume (shows only wave, synth and CD). In case of Street Deck, it just thinks the master volume is in Mute state and cannot control it at all. I wrote a small program that runs in the background and enables the master volume and routes it to the Wave line. I am not running it as with RR I have no problems, I believe it deals with Wave line.