I second the choice of MAudio 2496 ive used it to transfer for broadcastiand record remastering and the quality is more than adaquate for most users.
dnw

--- On Mon, 12/14/09, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Sound card recommendation
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Monday, December 14, 2009, 6:27 PM
> Hi Bill:
>
> You can do fine with the M-Audio Delta 2496, which
> generally comes in under $100. If you need a bit higher
> quality and balanced inputs and outputs, I'm a big fan of
> the long-time tried and true CardDeluxe. However, I should
> say that there are USB and Firewire converters that claim as
> good or better spex than the CardDeluxe and cost 1/3 as
> much. I've used the CardDeluxe for 7 years now, made
> hundreds of hours of transfers for numerous clients and
> never had anyone complain about the audio quality.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Fliss" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 3:17 PM
> 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
> >
>