The best sounding I've heard by far are the lynx cards.

That said, conventional wisdom is pretty much correct that there is no more
hostile noise environment nor dirtier power supply for analog audio
circuitry than what's found inside of a typical computer. This problem is
compounded if unbalanced audio connections are used.


Bob Olhsson Audio Mastery, Nashville TN
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Fliss
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 2:17 PM
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> Subject: [ARSCLIST] Sound card recommendation
>
> Good afternoon,
>
> I know that conventional wisdom prefers a stand-alone A/D converter
instead
> of using your computer's sound card to convert an analog signal to
digital,
> but can anybody recommend a sound card to me that can handle a capture at
> 24-bit/96kHz? This would be for a PC.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bill Fliss