[LAU] Recommended USB Audio Interface

[Peter P.]

* david <gnome at hawaii.rr.com> [2018-09-14 10:11]:
> On 09/13/2018 09:51 PM, Peter P. wrote:
> > * Mailing JS <mailing at joergsorge.de> [2018-09-14 09:50]:
> > > Hi David,
> > > 
> > > > Why not keep what you are using now?  ALSA development has slowed to a
> > > > crawl, so the chance to replace something well-supported with something
> > > > better is not actually as large as one would think.  Some kind of
> > > 
> > > Yes, I see this unfortunately development. That's a pity!
> > > 
> > > But my Device is a very old one. Nobody knows how long it will be alive
> > > ;-) Also I would replace my PC with a smaller form factor, without PCI
> > > slots...
> > 
> > Edirol/Roland UA25?
> > 
> > They are dirt cheap right now (I think their OS X drivers got
> > discontinued) and all settings can be made on the box, no a(lsa)mixer
> > needed. USB Class compliant and bus powered. My desktop favourite.
> 
> Hmm, $129 on Amazon. Not what I consider dirt cheap, but added to my wish
> list. ;)
Oh, if you have to use that darn monopoly of Amazon of course!
What about 2nd hand? Newspaper ads? Craigslist, etc? I got two of them
for about $35 each in the last years (North America and Europe).