Re: Pro Audio Spec.16 or SB16?

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From: jzu... John Zuena
Date: Fri, 14 May 1993 17:29

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In article <97...@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt5...@prism.gatech.EDU (Jim Jackson, SysOp, FutureLink BBS, 404-474-9344) writes:
>Que Alexander (h910...@hkuxa.hku.hk) wrote:
>: 	I'm considering to buy a SB16ASP or Pro Audio Spectrum 16. Could you
>: please tell me which one is better? I know that SB16ASP is compatible with
>: MPU-401. Is Pro Audio 16 also compatible with MPU-401? I heard that SB are
>: quite noisy while Pro Audio is better, is it true?
>
>I have no idea concerning MPU-401 compatibility, and from what I've heard
>on computers running both cards neither one sounds any more "noisy" than
>the other.

My roommate has a PAS16 and I have a SB16ASP.  Neither of us has great speakers
but the cards sound about the same.  Both of us spent some time moving cards
around inside the case to limit noise, but I think I had to do a little more
playing around (the PAS has better shielding).

>However, if I were you, I would get the PAS-16.  Two reasons:
>1) It can do 44kHz STEREO, the SB-pro can do 22 stereo or 44 mono.

First, the newer SBPro (version 2) can do 44 stereo.
Second, the original question was comparing the SB16ASP and the PAS16.  These
are both 16 bit cards capable of 44Hz stereo recording.

>2) It has a 16-bit SCSI host adapter on it, which right there is an added
>$150 or so value... you can hook up a cd-rom, scsi HD, etc...

This is the best feature (although you still have to pay Trantor for the
drivers that you need to use a CD-ROM drive and others on the net have 
questioned whether the interface is really fast enough for a hard drive).  
I would have followed suit,
except that I already had a Panasonic CD-ROM that was hooked to my SBPro
and didn't want to buy a new one.  You also forgot to mention that the PAS16
is cheaper than the SB16ASP.

>All the above is IMO.
>
>Jim
>
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Subject: Re: Pro Audio Spec.16 or SB16?
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