Hardware Recommendations
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There are a large selection of sound cards on the market. It is not practical for us to test the performance of each and every model but test results for our recommended sound card is shown below:
Manufacturer:
Roland
Model:
Quad Capture
Features:
- Up to 24bit/192 kHz stereo input and output
- Dual Channel Balanced I/O
- 48V Phantom Power
- High Quality Mic Preamps
- Ground Lift Switch
- Excellent Performance
- Rugged Portable Package
- Fully USB Bus powered - no external power supply required
For two channel electrical and acoustic signal measurements this sound card does it all!
Test Results (loop back self test):
- THD:
0.003 % (16 bit)
- Frequency Response:
12Hz - 55kHz (-1dB)
6Hz - 90kHz (-3dB)
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Manufacturer:
Data Translation
Model:
DT-9837A
Specifications:
- 4 A/D Channels, 52.7 kHz sampling rate (simultaneous), 24 bit resolution
- IEPE power (constant current)
- Selectable AC/DC coupling
- Input Range: 1 V or 10 V
- 1 D/A channel, 24 bit continuous streaming
- Hardware Triggering (TTL)
- Tachometer Input Channel
- USB interface (bus powered - no external power supply needed)
- 500 Volt PC-Module isolation
- Rugged steel case with BNC connectors
Click here for a summary of the Data Translation DT-9800 models
Manufacturer:
iSEMcon
Model:
EMM-13D082-P48
Specifications:
- Frequency Response: 10Hz - 20kHz +/-1dB
- Sensitivity: 30mV/PA
- Dynamic Range: approx. 30...125 dBspl
- Temperature: -10 to +55 C (+14 to +131 F)
- Type: Condenser, Omni-directional
- Capsule Diameter: 1/4"
- Max SPL: 125 dB
- Phantom Powered (48Vdc)
- miniXLR to XLR cable included (5m)
- Includes Calibration File
- Stainless Steel housing
- High SPL version available (140 dB max SPL)
Manufacturer:
iSEMcon
Model:
EMM-13D082-CCP
Specifications:
- Frequency Response: 10Hz - 20kHz +/-1dB
- Sensitivity: 30mV/PA
- Dynamic Range: approx. 30...125 dBspl
- Temperature: -10 to +55 C (+14 to +131 F)
- Type: Prepolarized Condenser, Omni-directional
- Capsule Diameter: 1/4"
- Built in preamp
- Max SPL: 125 dB
- IEPE Powered (2-20ma constant current))
- BNC connector
- Includes Calibration File
- Stainless Steel housing
- High SPL version available (140 dB max SPL)
Manufacturer:
iSEMcon
Model:
SC-1
Specifications:
- Frequency: 1 kHz
- Level: 94 and 110 dB
- Accuracy:
+/-0.5 dB @ 20 deg C
Calibration Certificate included - Power: 9VDC
- 1/4" Diameter adapter included