"Preben Friis" wrote in message

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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It appears that the genesis of the ADA8000 is that it might be
literally the front end and back end of an ADAT stuffed into a
smaller box. While I understand this when it comes to the digital
interface parts, I don't necessarily understand this as being a
requirement or even a good idea
when
it comes to the converters and analog interface parts.

I've seen a zillion negative comments about the sound quality of ADATs
over
the years, and this may be part of the reason why.

The 24 bit converters are a few generations newer than the 16 bit
converters in ADAT's. What I guess is, that the ADA8000 uses the same
converters as the Alesis HD24.

Note that the measurements on prorec was, as you suspected, performed
through the mic inputs.

Right. And at the price, I expect that the line inputs are attenuated and
then routed through the mic inputs.

Tip-offs:

(1) same range of gain (50 dB).

(2) No input selector switch.

I don't claim this is proof, but it does correlate.