M-Audio Audiophile USB (is this good?)

[Elvio Neto]

thanks Dirty Bass but the soundcard will be a christmas present from my family in lisbon (i live 300 Kilometers away south)

if the soundcard is reliable and solid my question now is if i will have troubles with USB

anyone here use USB soundcards? its really true sometimes the sound jumps forward or have breaks? (maybe the posts i read about USB soundcards problems are becouse of old and slow computers)

[morbid]

Hi mate - I have a usb card - Novation Nio - very cheap and Im really happy with it - no problems at all and its USB 1.1!


As long as the drivers are stable you shouldnt get a problem with latency or pops / clicks. Dont know about the particular card you mention but M Audio stuff is normaly fairly solid.

Id reccomend the Nio though if your on a budget - its all I could afford at the time but am well happy with it. Its about the same price you are looking for.

link here ... http://www.thomann.de/pt/novation_nio_24.htm

and manufacturers website ... www.novationmusic.com

Saying all that - Ive never had a firewire card to compare to

[The_Laughing_Man]

thanks Dirty Bass but the soundcard will be a christmas present from my family in lisbon (i live 300 Kilometers away south)

if the soundcard is reliable and solid my question now is if i will have troubles with USB

anyone here use USB soundcards? its really true sometimes the sound jumps forward or have breaks? (maybe the posts i read about USB soundcards problems are becouse of old and slow computers)

I just wouldn`t recommend USB for sound at all.

If it has to be external, then firewire is the best bet.