[LAU] Looking for a firewire soundcard

[Frank Pirrone]

Pieter Palmers wrote:
> Frank Pirrone wrote:
>> Julien Claassen wrote:
>>> Hi everyone!
>>>   I'm looking for a firewire (or if this isn't possible a USB) 
>>> soundcard that conforms to the following: SPDIF in/out, good 
>>> quality. Not much more in the realm of extras. It's for simple 
>>> recording of digital outputs from Minidisk and such things.
>>>   Kindest regards
>>>         Julien
>>>
>>> --------
>>> Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles)
>>>
>>>   
>> Here's a discussion page Julien:
>>
>> http://www.tweakheadz.com/soundcards_for_the_home_studio.htm
>>
>> and here's one that fits your requirements and has some very 
>> interesting design features:
>>
>> http://www.zzounds.com/item--YAMGO46
>
> If only it were supported in Linux.
>
> Pieter
>
Is that so Pieter?  I was impressed with all these IEEE-1394 cards, but 
didn't look them up in the compat. hardware list.  What functions will 
and won't work?  Are you aware of others in this class that are more 
compatible?

Frank