[rescue] Sick Dreamcast hacker

[Tim H.]

Definitely true in a theoretical world, a computer is not friendly for
analog audio, so leaving it out reduces the part count, cuts heat
production from audio amps, and lets you ignore all the trace routing
issues involved in mixing AF and HF stuff on the same board.  That's why
professional quality equipment outboards the analog stuff into its own
shielded box.  

Unfortunately real world says creative makes a bazillion SB lives,
professional quality equipment is made in relatively tiny lots, which
makes it a lot harder to hide development costs and design overhead, and
besides "professional" class equipment always carries a price tag, if
for nothing else then to stratify the market.

Tim

On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:19:59 -0400
Joshua D Boyd <jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu> wrote:

> Things would probably be cheaper to manufactor still if it was a
> digital IO only card, but I could be wrong.  The RME cards are digital
> only, and look how expensive they are (although, part of the big deal
> is that they are a lot cheaper than the competition).