Euklid.fox Thanks for keep trying. I have to say that for a couple of days your report really lowered my expectations... If Zero8's 100% Digital path is
efectively noisy, then any hardware fix or Do It Yourself (DIY) Modification (Mod) would be much more complicated. AND that would have meant that we users or prospective buyers would face much more sour choices.
However, -ePrHom- finds
in my case, i record via spdif on a m-audio audiophile (on another pc) directly from the zero8 spdif output... the signal is perfectly quiet (no hiss, no strange noise...)
lightens up e-v-e-r-y-t-h-i-n-g.
Thanks for the turn of the year present.
The finding of Zero8's noiseless/hissless Dig Out, fits very well with the users extensively described Zero8's symptoms. So far remains to precise Signal to Noise (S/N) numbers, but in view of posts here, I would NOW fast recommend to all Zero8 owners check the SPDIF out under varied conditions. Plug it to a PC/Mac Soundcard, get a friend's Digital Sound processor with a SPDIF in, or even get your Zero mixer to an audio shop and test it there. Be careful about present hiss, because it could be located at any stage of the sound being monitored... check headphones, etc. It could even be product of the sum of units. (check everything Euklid.fox,
including earth and electrical noise sources)
The good news is that if this is confirmed then almost any ZERO8 user could -easily- add to his/her DJ/producer setup a Digital equalizer with a SPDIF input and the same unit will feature fairly good DACs inside so finally you should get a clean analogue signa and additionally the EQ would provide control to level the signal coming out of the mixer.
This is important, since using Zero8's SPDIF Out most pbbly bypases the Master out gain, leaving little room for users to acommodate the signal to desired levels. Adding a good eq precisely solves that AND converts Digital to analogue.
Alternatively several good external DACs include gain controls... And since audiophiles evolve their gear almost yearly, there is a flourishing second hand market offering comparatively superior gear in terms of specs at very good prices, for instance check
www.audiogon.com
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Nice to be discussing accesible solution choices... for as low as a few $ hundreds.
I guess we should create a new thread in this forum. Happy festivities
After a too optimistic post because it is the first time I see a usable Digital DJ mixer/producer tool like this... accesible, so I added text in brown font colour.
...sadly it seems that it's not for all. Not yet. Euklid.fox seems to be one of these cases.
Have we checked which serial numbers show Firewire (FW)-to-SPDIF hiss? path (Fw-SPDIF)?? and which serial numbers have NONE, zero HISS at least in this same Fw-SPDIF mode???
I have not read the 8 pages of this thread (sorry for that) but is it possibly Euklid.fox case is just one-off anomaly? Perhaps a malfunction or is it a design/implementation problem happening to several users..?
Discerning this is important and I cannot see a better way than testing & checking Zero8 in different connections AND SHARING THE RESULTS HERE. If there is enough users interested, we could create an specific new thread, would we?[/url]