Re: decent portable mic pre with optical out

["Rob Danielson" danielson_rob]

At 8:25 AM +0000 11/15/06, raf_porter wrote:

re:

>Edirol UA-25 USB pre amp, as it has an
>optical output and just powering it off my own USB power supply, does
>anyone know if the UA-25 requires the computer specifically to output
>to TOSLINK or will it pass the digital signal straight to the S/PDIF
>output from the A/D on the mic input?

Thats a neat idea. I don't see mention of "stand alone" operation for
the UA-25 on the Edirol site. You might have to pose this question to
Edirol support. You might want to ask about pre mic gain. The
computer interfaces for music typically run lower than what your MD
has. Rob D.