AD/DA converter FOMO

Forever ago (15+ years). But they have been solid. I'm not really worried about them dying. More thinking should I be looking at newer things because of sound quality compared to newer generations of converters.

Though it is a good point that they could go south electronically at some point. I'd replace them with something else if they bit the dust. But if they continue to run, I'm simply wondering if I need to be looking into something newer because of improvements in converter technology. I'm not really needing to chase the high end - I've not been unhappy with my results with these converters. I suppose I should get something newer in house to try and listen for myself. I only wanted to get a general feel of - these still hold their own, or omg get them gone because there is so much better available now.

No harm demoing, what’s your budget?

Budget? Oh if only I had a budget. But realistically I'm not a high end player.

I'd probably be looking at Apogee symphony mk II , or in my dream world RADAR. Dream world on RADAR only because of hearing them/using them a few years back. I'm a bit locked into a HDX DigiLink interface, unless I flip that gear out for something like a Carbon.

That is all part of this puzzle. I need to abandon my HD Native thunderbolt. I'd like to just get a HDX Core card and be done with it. But I'm still considering other options. Which is why I started thinking perhaps new converters might help me make up my mind. But instead they just made it harder. ;-)

I have been working on a Lynx (N) setup the last few weeks and it sounds terrific. Plus their Avid integration is typically second to none. 

Have also been on Symphony MKII in recent years, also great sounding.

I suppose you could grab a nice 8 channel box and keep the old stuff for overflow.

I think 15 year old apogee and HEDD are not apples to apples. I know apogee had had at least two major conversion upgrades.

So, he might like to try symphony mkii or as stated above, I too am on aurora N now and never even think about conversion quality anymore.

If there is nothing driving this other than the age of the Apogee’s and the burning desire for something new for the most part alone.
The Apogee’s are not the last word in transparency but honestly never really sound bad, I might take a look at a clean 2ch AD just to have it available.

I am not sure what you mean with the connectivity options. I have a radar and an Ada II. I have ADAT, and aes on the radar. And madi and ADAT on the ada II, which, with the rme interface or a pro tools madi interface works seamlessly. I never think about it.

And if I'm not mistaken, they now offer Thunderbolt III on the IZ convertors?

A few people lately have resparked my Radar interest so I dug a little.  The new chassis is Dante only, if you're HDX there's the Focusrite RedNet HD32R and for USB there's the RME Digiface Dante.  From what I read the Focusrite PCIe Dante card isn't M1 compatible.  Would be interesting to see who here has used the new Radar box, I'd only need 16ch and having that in a half rack would be awesome.

Burl B16 Mothership in the house. The other thread on converters pushed me over the edge. I'm in trouble now. This thing sounds HUGE. Like somebody added 12 feet to my ceilings and blew out my front wall by 20 feet. WOW. Very very musical to my ears.

Trying gear in your room is very very dangerous. Now I have to find things to sell....

I understand. After running two ADA IIs for a few years and some difficulties (fixing aging computers and the older DeltaLink not playing so well with HDX all the time), I happily went to the Dante-HD32R-HDX setup on two HDX setups.