midiman revolution question for arny krueger

[ii2o]

Hi there,

I saw a post of yours regarding the Midiman revolution card. I use my
computer to play music a lot in particular mp3s with bitrates 192. I'm
not really that much of an audio expert, but would you suggest if I
were to buy this card, should I buy a receiver or an amplifier to
connect the card to some speakers? My second question is that if I
took the coaxial output from the midiman and connected to a digital
input of a receiver/amplifier, what things should I be looking for in
the receiver/amplifier (things like sampling frequency, dolby PL,
DTS)? Finally, if I were to play a stereo encoded source such as an
mp3, would I get output from all speakers if I used the coaxial
output?

Thanks in advance,

Ro

[Arny Krueger]

"ii2o" > wrote in message
om

> I saw a post of yours regarding the Midiman revolution card. I use my
> computer to play music a lot in particular mp3s with bitrates 192.

192 Kb MP3's are typically decoded into 44/16 data, and so all you need is a
conventional 44/16 sound card to play them.

The 192 KHz sample rate features of the Midiman Revolution are not needed to
play 192 Kb MP3 files.

> I'm not really that much of an audio expert, but would you suggest if I
> were to buy this card, should I buy a receiver or an amplifier to
> connect the card to some speakers?

You could have some pretty good tunes either way, but you would probably be
more comfortable with the receiver because it would probably give you better
price/performance, you'd probably like having a conventional volume control
at your disposal, and you might want to use your receiver's digital input.

> My second question is that if I
> took the coaxial output from the midiman and connected to a digital
> input of a receiver/amplifier, what things should I be looking for in
> the receiver/amplifier (things like sampling frequency, Dolby PL,
> DTS)?

That would depend on the sample rate (not bitrate) format of the music you
want to play. Again 192 KB MP3's are decoded into 44/16 data streams that
the digital input on any conventional DD receiver can handle.


> Finally, if I were to play a stereo encoded source such as an
> mp3, would I get output from all speakers if I used the coaxial
> output?

That would depend on settings on the receiver. Most of the DD hardware I've
seen has features that allow you to synthesize outputs for all channels from
a stereo source, such as the one you have when you play a MP3.

[ii2o]

thanks a lot for your reply!

i think i will probably buy a receiver based on your reply. are there
any particular receiver(s) you would recommend, based on my
requirements? i use my pc primarily for listening to music and
secondly for playing games (some of which provide an EAX output).
would it be any good buying those home theatre systems which have
speakers included in their bundle, or would it be a waste of money?
i'd hopefully like to buy speakers (with RMS 30+ per channel minimum)
and a reciever for about £250 ($400 US) tops.

tia,

ro

[Arny Krueger]

"ii2o" > wrote in message
om
> thanks a lot for your reply!
>
> i think i will probably buy a receiver based on your reply. are there
> any particular receiver(s) you would recommend, based on my
> requirements? i use my pc primarily for listening to music and
> secondly for playing games (some of which provide an EAX output).
> would it be any good buying those home theatre systems which have
> speakers included in their bundle, or would it be a waste of money?
> i'd hopefully like to buy speakers (with RMS 30+ per channel minimum)
> and a reciever for about £250 ($400 US) tops.

I have two receivers, one 2-channel, one surround. Both Pioneer 100 wpc.