Subject: Re: USB Audio From: Farsheed <tfarsheed@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 17:01:53 -0800 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>I just went through some major headaches with USB audio interfaces. The short of it is to be careful of hardware conflicts when choosing your interface - the manufacturer may have some documentation on it. None of them seem as reliable as they could be. The US-122 works well, but is flimsy. I had problems with M-Audio interfaces and hardware conflicts. I had the (Mackie) Tapco Link.USB which was very reliable but the headphone sound quality was a little harsh in the upper frequencies. I finally bit the bullet and got a digidesign mbox. If you can find a used mbox 1 by itself, those are very reliable and have low latency. The newer mbox's are nice but more $ since they are bundled with pro tools. The other USB interface I would seriously look into is the Emu 0404. Emu makes some damn good D/A converters. It's around the $200 mark. Farsheed --- Pawel Kusmierek <p.kusmierek@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Ward, > > M-Audio and Edirol make some USB audio interfaces, > some starting at $70. I > am not sure about RCA connectors, but if other > connectors are used, it's > only a matter of an adapter. > I also have had no direct experience with these USB > cards, but both > companies are pretty respectable. I am using > M-Audio's PCI cards and I am > very happy with them, except the dB ccale in their > mixer application is > wrong (they used 10 instead of 20 in the dB formula, > or something like > that). > > If the reason why you want USB is that you're going > to use a laptop, a > PCMCIA card may be a solution. Of these, Echo Indigo > IO has a very good > reputation. > > Good luck > > Pawel > > > > Ward R. Drennan wrote: > > Dear List, > > > > I'm looking for an Audio USB device with 1/4" > headphone jack and stereo > > RCA connections to produce high fidelity sound > from a PC, and for less > > than $200. My office-mate (Dasika) found one with > really high quality > > sound; the noise floor was actually lower than > TDT. It's the TASCAM > > US-122. However, many owners of this device have > reported it unreliable > > with flaky software and a suspect power supply. > > > > Does anyone have a suggestion for a USB audio > device that is a little more > > reliable? Cause we can't have equipment that > doesn't work when we need it. > > > > Ward R. Drennan, Ph. D. > > VM Bloedel Hearing Research Center > > Department of Otolaryngology > > University of Washington Box 357923 > > Seattle, WA 98195 > > Office: (206) 897-1848 > > Fax: (206) 616-1828 > > > > > -- > Pawel Kusmierek PhD > Department of Physiology and Biophysics > Georgetown University Medical Center > The Research Building WP23 > 3970 Reservoir Road NW > Washington, DC 20007 > phone: +1 202 687-8851 > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html