GSX 1000 16kHZ Max Microphone Sample Rate?

[tlhmaz]

I have the GSP 600 and recently brought the GSX 1000 and realized that my microphone quality was horrible. I checked the specs and the format and saw that it was stuck at 1.0: 16 kHz @ 16-bit. Why would a $250 DAC have such a bad Tape Recorder Quality bit rate and how can I fix this? Even my onboard sound card is better.

[Psittac]

Did you go through the control panel to the audio settings? Should be able to change it in there.  When I got my DX7 4 years ago I had to find some kind of driver but for the life of me I can't give you any usable information on that because it was so long ago and now it just installs properly.

[tlhmaz]

1 hour ago, Psittac said:

Did you go through the control panel to the audio settings? Should be able to change it in there.  When I got my DX7 4 years ago I had to find some kind of driver but for the life of me I can't give you any usable information on that because it was so long ago and now it just installs properly.

There is nothing I can change in control panel, sound card settings just brings me to playback.

[Psittac]

right click on the audio device and select properties

 

 

go to advanced and there's a drop down

 

[tlhmaz]

11 minutes ago, Psittac said:

right click on the audio device and select properties

 

 

go to advanced and there's a drop down

 

I know, but this one is grayed out since it is the max bit rate.
 

[Psittac]

2 minutes ago, tlhmaz said:

I know, but this one is grayed out since it is the max bit rate.
 

wtf......... 

 

*edit I never thought to change my mic quality setting, just upped mine.  Let me do some looking around

[tlhmaz]

3 minutes ago, Psittac said:

wtf......... 

Yes.... $250.... dac

[Psittac]

14 minutes ago, tlhmaz said:

Yes.... $250.... dac

wow, would never think you'd need to check that.  Just get an extension and run it onboard or return the thing if you can.  You can do a lot better with $250

[tlhmaz]

6 minutes ago, Psittac said:

wow, would never think you'd need to check that.  Just get an extension and run it onboard or return the thing if you can.  You can do a lot better with $250

Yes, I was thinking about it but if I run it split then I going have big grounding issues and static.

[Derkoli]

On 1/25/2021 at 9:15 PM, tlhmaz said:

I have the GSP 600 and recently brought the GSX 1000 and realized that my microphone quality was horrible. I checked the specs and the format and saw that it was stuck at 1.0: 16 kHz @ 16-bit. Why would a $250 DAC have such a bad Tape Recorder Quality bit rate and how can I fix this? Even my onboard sound card is better.

Jesus, at a 16kHz sampling rate, you aren't going to get sound above 8kHz. We can hear to 20kHz.

 

For whatever god damn reason, Sennheiser seems to think that a 16kHz sampling rate is totally fine.

 

 

If the device only supports 16kHz sampling rate, then you can't really do much. The ADC physically cannot handle more than a 16kHz sample rate.

 

Quite frankly, 16kHz is unacceptable for any ADC. You want 44.1kHz/16 bit at the minimum. 48kHz/24 bit+ is preferable.

[The Flying Sloth]

1 hour ago, Derkoli said:

Jesus, at a 16kHz sampling rate, you aren't going to get sound above 8kHz. We can hear to 20kHz.

 

For whatever god damn reason, Sennheiser seems to think that a 16kHz sampling rate is totally fine.

 

 

If the device only supports 16kHz sampling rate, then you can't really do much. The ADC physically cannot handle more than a 16kHz sample rate.

 

Quite frankly, 16kHz is unacceptable for any ADC. You want 44.1kHz/16 bit at the minimum. 48kHz/24 bit+ is preferable.

They dodged that question so perfectly it's almost as though the person answering is entirely aware that 16khz sucks ass......

[tlhmaz]

On 1/26/2021 at 6:14 PM, Derkoli said:

Jesus, at a 16kHz sampling rate, you aren't going to get sound above 8kHz. We can hear to 20kHz.

 

For whatever god damn reason, Sennheiser seems to think that a 16kHz sampling rate is totally fine.

 

 

If the device only supports 16kHz sampling rate, then you can't really do much. The ADC physically cannot handle more than a 16kHz sample rate.

 

Quite frankly, 16kHz is unacceptable for any ADC. You want 44.1kHz/16 bit at the minimum. 48kHz/24 bit+ is preferable.

It is astonishing how no reviews mention this.