[linux-audio-dev] Replacement for my M-Audio Audiophile USB

[Brett McCoy]

Richard Smith wrote:

> After several frustrating weeks  playing with my Audiophile USB
> I'mgoing to punt and get something else. For the archives:  ALSA
> users interested in high-end capture should_not_ buy this
> device.(FWIW it sucks in windows too) - Its only a USB 1.1 device and
> 24bit 96k is half-duplex only.- Its (almost) S24_3BE so you have to
> use plughw or jackd has to bepatched to use it.  I say  almost
> because the few times I did get thecard to record something I had to
> reorder the byte data to get it notto sound like white noise.- As of
> ALSA 1.0.10 capture is broken. So I'm looking for a replacement.  I
> bought this card because it had areally good recording specs (I just
> missed the half-duplex part) and Idont' need a pro-multi channel
> since all I'm tyring to do is recordLPs to CD. Can someone recommend
> a 24bit 96kHz full-duplex card that they thinkhas good enough
> recording specs for LP's that not going to cause me topull all my
> hair out trying to work with ALSA. --Richard A. Smith

How about the M-Audio 2496 card? It's a PCI card, works right out of the 
box with ALSA and is reasonably priced ($99). And it's full duplex, 
zero-latency monitoring, digital I/O as well as analog RCA I/O

-- Brett