[LAU] M-Audio Audiophile Line Level Inputs

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On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 10:25:12 +0200
Frank Barknecht <fbar at footils.org> wrote:

> Hallo,
> Bearcat M. Sandor hat gesagt: // Bearcat M. Sandor wrote:
> 
> > Because doing D/A on an internal soundcard is noisy. I can hear the hum of my 
> > fans coming through my tweeters. Having the D/A outside of the box is quiet.  
> > Granted in a year or so i'll be replacing this with something better like a 
> > RME ADI-8 QS or universe willing a Lexicon MC12.
> > 
> > I do know how to use ebay, but i don't have much money at the moment. $100 is 
> > about my limit to spend on this. 
> 
> But the M-Audio Audiophile USB is $250 according to m-audio.com, so
> it's out of your price range (and it's way overpriced anway IMO). The
> M-Audio Audiophile *PCI* is much less than $100, so why not buy this?
> As I wrote in another mailing list's thread with you, I can (almost)
> assure you that it won't be affected by the fan noise.
> 
> Ciao

I have the 2496 card, which I guess is the one you are talking about.
I've used it in two quite different machines, and never had the
slightest problem with noise etc.

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