A question for the Juli@ experts as I attempt to improve the system I am using. I am using the ADC in my NAD phono preamp to send ripped LPs via USB digital to my Windows 7 PC. Both the NAD ADC and the USB microphone driver is 16 bit x 48kHz. I considered changing out the phono preamp to a Furutech, which has 24 bit x 96 kHz ability, but the PC driver is still limited to 16 bit due to the USB microphone driver in the PC. I use Vinyl Studio to rip the LPs, and that can record my FLAC files at either 16 bit or 24 bit, so that's not a bottleneck. I use WinAmp Pro to play the FLAC digital media I get from either ripping or buying from HDTracks. Finally, I have a X-Fi Audio extreme sound card to output audio on optical digital at 24b x 96K to a DAC Magic. That same sound card has an optical input that supports higher resolution, but how would you connect to that input with a device that is universally (from what I can tell) USB. (USB turntables and phono preamps.)?
So, my two big questions are:
1. Would the Juli@ solve my problems and get me to a place where all the parts in the chain support 24b x 96k?
2. Does the Juli@ with Cubase support FLAC encoding? I noticed that after upgrading it would support 24b x 96, but the docs do not say what format it stores music in. (Could be WMA or ALAC?)
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Topic: USB microphone drivers and ADC audio converters for ripping LP (Read 1401 times)