[LAU] USB M-Audio Audiophile 2496

[Folderol]

On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:59:11 +0200
Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org> wrote:

> Hallo,
> Folderol hat gesagt: // Folderol wrote:
> 
> > Something confusing here. The 2496 is NOT a USB card, it's a
> > conventional pci one.
> 
> M-Audio produces both an Audiophile PCI and a Audiophile USB. Because
> the AP-PCI is such a good and popular card, probably M-Audio saw fit
> to market a "broken" USB card under the same name because otherwise it
> wouldn't have found any buyers at all. ;) 
> 
> Anyway, I think, in recent 2.6 kernels/ALSA-CVS, a lot of work on
> getting this USB card to run was made, so if one is forced to use one,
> s/he might be more lucky now and should try the latest and greatest
> ALSA and follow the included documentation [1]. But still I would
> avoid to buy one if shopping for a new USB card.
> 
> [1]
> http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/sound/alsa/Audiophile-Usb.txt
> 
> Ciao

All 2496s are Audiophiles but not all Audiophiles are 2496s!

Incidentally, i just checked on the m-audio website and the 2496 is
about half the price of the USB unit. So why buy USB when it's not as
good and more expensive!

-- 
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk