(07-Mar-2016, 16:22)Antoine Wrote: And I agree with your observations, my computer also isn't going anywhere soon though it might be complemented with a Microrendu.Agreed, but I expect the benefits of the micro-rendu to be in direct competition with what you could expect from the AFI-USB. From what I understand, the AFI is doing the same job as the micro-rendu, ie separate the sound data from the clock signal and HF interferences, clean everything, and send a clean signal on the AES/EBU or BNC interface. What seems nice to me in the Acousence solution is the fact that we are already clear of any USB interference after this stage, as in the higher end solutions of Sonore.
There's a lot more information on his website since the last time I checked so that's great. If only he would hurry with the German to English translations. Even though I'm Dutch and the Germans are direct neighbours, the German language is too hard for me to understand fully especially when the subject is of a technical nature. I'll keep an eye on it though and try to make the best of it using Google translate for now.
Not in a hurry too and still want to test the Intona in front of the Mutec first, even though 'one and a half' of CA isn't exactly enthousiastic about the combination.
Replacing the PSU of the Mutec is very straightforward (http://www.tirnahifi.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=3653) using an external PSU but of course I understand not for everyone. I might not even go there myself due to the risk, losing warranty and lower resale value.
Did you make up your mind yet on your next step, as in will you buy the AFI/AFIS? Also do you know if the AFIS would hold any advantage over the AFI, except of course the number of inputs?
As far as my options are with Acousence, I am busy discussing various options with M.Koschnicke. I will let you know when I have made a decision :-)
As far as differences between AFI and AFIS are concerned, here is a link to the explanation in German (http://www.aktives-hoeren.de/viewtopic.p...LL#p108629). Not vey helpful I understand, and Google is not very useful for translating from German due to the complicated language structure, but it says in substance that the AFIS has 4 inputs/2 outputs and can have 2 PLLs, whereby the AFI only has 1 input/1 output and 1 PLL. I do not know what the influence of the second PLL would be.
EDIT : AFI-USB and AFIS-USB process the USB signal in exactly the same way. The 2 PLLs are only used for the other inputs as a two stages re-clocking process. So if one only needs one input for USB, AFI-USB is the way to go.
