Best 24 channel mixer with touch sensitive faders and audio interface

[Bo Deadly]

Didn’t realise the lynx used the core card!!!
So it must have much better converters.

You're talking about the Avid HD system? I think that's separate. The Lynx has it's own converters. If it has the HD card in it then you can connect it to an Avid HD system.

Honestly I don't think converters matter as much as people like to think. Descriptions like "unbelievably transparent" are marketing BS. I would be very surprised if anyone could tell the difference between the sound quality of the Berhringer interface (whatever it is) and the latest Lynx Aurora. No doubt you could measure a difference. But as long as the build quality is vaguely good, the differences would be insignificant.

The things that separate products like these from one another is DSP power (for running plugins on hw, 32 bit floating point processing for dynamic range, etc) and software. The software is really what matters IMO. Obviously it doesn't matter how good your converters are if the software isn't good. And if we're still talking about just converts, then we're mostly talking about the driver. Otherwise, presumably folks are just selecting channels whatever DAW. Meaning if Behringer made a DB25 high level I/O unit like the Aurora, I would use it. Just hide it in a closet and tell people you're using Lynx Aurora and that they just can't see it because it's submerged in liquid nitrogen.

 

[john12ax7]

Sound is certainly subjective,  but I would say it's pretty easy to hear the difference between higher end and lower end converters. One of the reasons I settled on the Aurora was that it measured better than others I tried for noise and distortion. Sound wise it seemed more transparent.  Lower end converters also tend to sound smeared,  most likely in part due to inferior clocking.

Lynx makes well thought out and well engineered stuff.  Drivers are solid and kept updated,  as is the firmware. Just get the appropriate expansion card and you can connect to the computer however you like, aes, usb,  thunderbolt,  digilink,  etc.  If you go digilink an Aurora 16 can run in 32 channel mode,  with 16 analog i/o and 16 aes digital i/o.

 

[Spencerleehorton]

On the auroras available on eBay at the minute they offer the lt-had card in them.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F202543482455

This is the same connection as the core card I have, so I’m assuming I just need a lynx with that card in it?

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F163515405875

 

[john12ax7]

Yes you would want the Aurora with the lt-hd card,  either together or as a separate purchase and then install it yourself (update drivers and firmware).. They have gone down a bit since new Aurora   has come out so pays to shop around.