Message 13/18
Date: 30-Jul-98 @ 05:21 PM -
RE: SW1000XG price/release date
For some people that seem to know less about audio related stuff than the others of us, I just would like to explain that signal to noise ratio most often refers to the S/NR of the D/A or A/D converters. Of course, you can keep all signals in the digital domain, but if you would like to record something from the "real world" you must have an analogue microphone, and thus also an A/D converter, which will introduce a (hopefully) small amount of noise. Plus, if you ever want to hear what you've recorded, you need a D/A converter, since loudspeakers are analogue. The SW1000XG has got these converters, and therefore, it could be interesting to know the S/NR. If it's true or not is another story, but Yamaha is at least a more respectable and trustable company than Creative Labs, for instance.