[Elecraft] Planning the next filters

[Jim Brown]

Bits is not the issue with interfaces for digital modes -- encode/decode 
uses the 48 kHz 16 bit stream, and K1JT says that's plenty good enough. 
What matters is the quality of the A/D and the analog electronics, and 
that's where the Signalink falls down.  Higher bit rates and depths DO 
matter when using an interface for a spectrum display.  N8LP has long 
recommended the ASUS Xonar U5 and U7 for use with his LP-Pan, although 
I've heard of hardware failures with the U7.

73, Jim K9YC

On 3/9/2018 6:18 AM, Raymond Sills wrote:
> And.... isn't it the case that the SignaLink is a 16 bit device?  That Tascam US 100 is also 16 bits, but it has been replaced by a model that has 24 bit/96 KHz sampling.. indicating a high quality interface.