Subject: Re: need recommendation on PC sound card From: Bill Woods <Bill_Woods@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:42:00 -0600 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>While I think the responses on this issue are covering important aspects of the decision, one thing that hasn't been covered - and which I found particularly frustrating with MOTU - is customer support. I recently tried to find specs on noise floor and max input for some MOTU hardware we have. These specs cannot be found in our MOTU manual, nor online. After a frustrating process of getting through to someone at MOTU on the phone, submitting a request for the info, waiting 3 weeks with no response, and getting through to them on the phone again, I was told "we do not publish this data". This is basic data that I can easily find for other sound card manufacturers in manuals and online. Given the many sufficient alternatives, I would avoid MOTU for this reason alone. Sincerely, Bill Woods -----Original Message----- From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [mailto:AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx On Behalf Of G. Robert Arrabito Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 4:12 PM To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx Subject: need recommendation on PC sound card Dear listers, I did a quick search on the last two years of the auditory mailing list archives on pc sound card recommendations and didn't find much on the topic so hence my post to the list. I am looking for recommendations for an internal PC high quality sound card that will be used to output auditory stimuli in my experiments. Would also be nice if there is an accompanying software development kit. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks. Rob -- G. Robert Arrabito, M.Sc. Defence Scientist | Scientifique de la défense Advanced Interface Group | Groupe des interfaces avancées Human Systems Integration | Section de l'intégration humain-systèmes Defence R&D Canada Toronto | R&D pour la Défense Canada Toronto 1133 Sheppard Ave West , PO Box 2000 | 1133 Ave Sheppard Ouest, C.P. 2000 Toronto, ON M3M 3B9 Canada Robert.Arrabito@xxxxxxxx Telephone | Téléphone (416) 635-2033 Facsimile | Télécopieur (416) 635-2013 Government of Canada | Gouvernement du Canada www.drdc-rddc.gc.ca