m-audio Audiophile 192 or delta 66/or maybe just delta 44?

[prichina]

Hello ,i'm new ,so little quick preview on me,i'm a student in video editing and was thinkig to buy a sound card for my educational perposes. I need to know if there is a diffrence in the audio chip between this too cards ,exept the feauters. I need detal exemination of the feauters of this 2 cards. There is another version of delta series i was looking,delta 44 ,the difference from 66 is that it has no digital I/O and it has 4 analog only. I only found out that delta 44 uses VIA ENVY24 audio chipset,don't know anything bout audiophile 192 chipset or maybe delta 66 uses another chipset?...any thoughts?

 

[mudrummer99]

Did you check out the Delta 1010LT? For just a few bucks more it gives you more flexibility for future uses and, from everything I've read and seen, is a better card all around. Also, are you married to M-audio? E-MU makes a good PCI card, the 1212M, that has better dacs and you don't have to deal with all the work arounds of M-audios proprietary crap (unless you are looking to use protools). Another also, are you married to a PCI card adapter? If not, an outboard interface will open up a lot more possibilities in selection. Just some stuff that I would take in to consideration. Hope this helps a bit.

Mike

 

[prichina]

yeap,protools,that's the main reason also and a good game performer as well to be. Also,i choose to be PCI couse of the low latency i think...there is better bandwith compare to usb and firewire 1394a .

EDIT: I will concider then 1010LT because of the price range,yeah,it is the same price as the other ones...to be prices,also i would like to be a good game performer while it is a prof. studio card. E-mu is creativ right? what audio chip uses? Is it a good game performer compare to m-audio's?

 

[Boerd]

Hello ,i'm new ,so little quick preview on me,i'm a student in video editing and was thinkig to buy a sound card for my educational perposes. I need to know if there is a diffrence in the audio chip between this too cards ,exept the feauters. I need detal exemination of the feauters of this 2 cards. There is another version of delta series i was looking,delta 44 ,the difference from 66 is that it has no digital I/O and it has 4 analog only. I only found out that delta 44 uses VIA ENVY24 audio chipset,don't know anything bout audiophile 192 chipset or maybe delta 66 uses another chipset?...any thoughts?

By looking at their website I would say the chip in all three are different. They have different dynamic range and THD +N, etc... Now this is on paper; in real world you will not be able to tell the difference; rather look at the IO and other features - see what really floats your boat.
My advice is take the specs and the components with a grain of salt; I saw poor ("audiophile BS TM") engineering with premium components and good engineering with average components.
I also recommend EMU rather than m-audio...