[LAU] M-Audio Audiophile Line Level Inputs

[Bearcat M. Sandor]

Thank you. Are power-off pops a concern?  I'm going straight from card to amp.

Bearcat
On Monday 17 September 2007 in an email titled "Re: [LAU] M-Audio Audiophile 
Line Level Inputs" Folderol wrote:
>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.