We've always liked the RME products and currently use the RME HDSPe AES. We've used RME over the past 15 years... Cheers! _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ Rob Poretti Sales Engineer - Archiving Cube-Tec North America LLC Vox.905.827.0741 Fax.905.901.9996 Cel.905.510.6785 _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Seubert Sent: August 9, 2011 1:38 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [ARSCLIST] digital input sound card recommendation This discussion has come up repeatedly over the years but I just learned that the Digital Audio Labs CardDelux has been discontinued. I'm not sure why they have been discontinued, but we got a call from the manufacturer who said that they are "obsolete." We have long used their cards (we are a PC shop) and I need to spec out another PC-based audio workstation. I use the CardDelux for the AES/EBU digital inputs. What are people using for digital input from an external ADC these days? Is there an equivalent sound card to the DAL card with AES/EBU digital inputs? I know some ADCs offer firewire/USB outputs, but I haven't really explored that. Please send any suggestions to me on or off list. David Seubert UCSB