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I own and use a Edirol UA-5 USB Mic Pre-ADC. Very low cost box, 250.00 but very good build quality and sound. Best I have found for the price. Intallation is seemless, and I have never had anytype of glitch with it what so ever. Its quiet. And it just plain works. The front has 2 combo XLR-1/4" jacks for mics w/phatom power or Line inputs for instruments. The back has RCA in/outs plus XLR outs, SPDIF In/Out & Toslink In/Out. Small little box, very handy for portable use.... The Roland/Edirol products area ll of pretty high quality. I even peeked under the hood of mine and even saw Alps Pots etc. not bad!!! Edirol also has several larger models, even a new firewire unit.... www.edirol.com Dave -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Karl Miller Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 8:30 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Outboard ADC recommendations On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Vernon Miller wrote: > I want to buy an outboard ADC for digitizing some of my vinyl. In the > past I've used my old faithful Turtle Beach Monterey PCI card, but > given its age and my current computer config that's no longer an > option. > > I'd like an external solution that's either USB 2.0 or Firewire (with > a slight preference for USB). I want to balance price with quality of > analog inputs and ADC. A relatively low cost solution is the Mbox from Digidesign. It is connected via a USB port and draws its power from same. It gives you a coax digital in and out, 2 mic inputs, and two line level in an out connections. Cost is under $500 and for another $800 or so, you can get the WAVES restoration plugins. While they aren't CEDAR, I have found them quite good. Karl