http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPlPzuiMZOU
The first comparison I did got crazy amount of comments so I did another one with a mix.
The first comparison I did got crazy amount of comments so I did another one with a mix.
ang said:the pod doesnt sound bad. it has this weird nasal tone to it. what impulse did u use?
jonah said:Great comparison! (Gôtt gung!)
Which one do you prefer yourself?
- jonah
Tone_Freak said:I need to justify spending $2400 on a unit that would make me have to spend an additional $2000 on a Drawmer sample rate converter to up-convert to my 88.2 pro tools sessions - since the only way to acceptably go into my m-audio soundcard is by optical spdif only.
Tone_Freak said:Oh is that you? I have been very confused over your videos man. In this video the HD cuts through the mix ideally. But in your other comparision video the Axe sounds much better. So I am totally lost. I need to justify spending $2400 on a unit that would make me have to spend an additional $2000 on a Drawmer sample rate converter to up-convert to my 88.2 pro tools sessions - since the only way to acceptably go into my m-audio soundcard is by optical spdif only. (The reason for the Drawmer Digital management tool is to avoid a phenomenon called "drift" and other issues in low end SRC which affects tone and higher order harmonics.
Its either that or $500 on an HD which is 88.2-compatible (and would be faster than your latency complaint since i would be avoiding all this conversion and de-conversion).. Please do the math because i am not good at math.
Butafter hearing your clips where the HD cuts through well with the drums and sits very well in the mix especially for metal - what would you say to this? is the difference really worth the $3900? Honestly I do not want to make a stupid decision. I dont care about effects and processing, i already use waves, and i am saving up for an eventide H8000 one day for the very far out effects.... but i am still in a key debate here over Axe and HD as per the sound of one of ure videos you have posted here. And even Axe Users in here are granting that the HD is "not bad". This is evidence of some sway despite a bias towards axe - so that logic dictates to go with HD and save the 3900 and still get acceptable sound.
javajunkie said:Actually in the HD500 you would be doing SRC conversion (probably a lower end one) w/in the HD500 since it internally processes at 48kHz native sampling rate. Any other sample rates have to be converted. So you wouldn't be avoiding conversion just relying on whatever sample rate converter that they put in the hd500.
steadystate said:Yep. The idea that you need to spend $2000 on an SRC to connect the Axe digitally at 88.2 is ...(insert your own adjective here). If this makes sense to you, buy the Pod.
Even reamping with the analog I/O of the Axe produces stellar sound quality and negligible noise.