Hi,

I'm thinking about buying a new sound card for recording guitar. As most recommendations I've seen on the Net are quite old (latest I could get was from 2012), I'm asking here to get more current information :-)

My current setup is a V-Amp 2 connected through the headphones' output and a stereo jack to the line-in input in my computer. It's got an AMD Phenom 945, 12GB RAM and a built-in HDA Intel clone. It works, but it's noisy and I think it distorts sound when I pump up the volume. I've also tried a Behringer UCG-102, but it adds a hefty amount of latency (60-70 ms as measured by qjackctl).

I'm not searching for anything "pro", just something cheap (<150€) to play and sometimes record at home. I wouldn't mind a PCI/PCIe card, though I worry that two or three years from now computers stop carrying PCI slots and I have to get rid of it. Searching for USB compatible devices, I've seen the Shappire 2i2, but reports of it working on Linux are mixed. A pity, because it sure looks good :-)

So, based on this, what would you recommend?

Thanks in advance,

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