>> I have a B&W G3/350 running LAMG 5.5. I want 2 channels of quality >> 24bit/44.1 audio I/O. Is this card working well for you guys? What is the >> verdict on the sound quality? >> Thanks. > > Hi Roman > > I always have a problem matching up 24bit with onboard converters on an > audio card. In my experience, having the converters mounted on the card > (i.e. in the computer case) means that they are picking up so much > electronic "noise" form the various components that the theoretical 24 bits > of resolution are in effect probably down at 12 bits or even less before you > hit the noise floor generated by the computer. Obviously, this flies in the > face of the bulk of sound cards out there, but, having worked both with > internal AD cards (AW8 and DSP factory) as well as external dedicated AD > converters, IMHO, the difference is MAJOR. Especially if you have a quality > signal path prior to your AD (good mic, good preamp, usually meaning having > spent a lot of money - did you post some time ago about owning a TLM 103?9 > then you owe it to yourself to be very picky about the type of AD conversion > you have Well what sound card should I get? I need 2 stable channels of 24bit44.1 audio. No pre amps, stable drivers, no clicks pops etc. Is there such a thing. Bummer that I'm getting bad reviews of this card as I thought it looked ideal. I have been recommended this card. The recommendee thought that the internal converters thing wouldn't be a big factor. From what I've read the improvement from mac av will be big. Just need a 2 channel good card. Roman.