There is another that we have been very impressed with and use it for our acoustical measurements--that is the ESI U24 sound card. It's a 24 bit D/A and A/D conversion, has optical and toslink in and out as well as analog. It even uses balanced connections for the analog inputs and outputs, and is USB external (which was important to us because we use laptop computers). If anyone is interested we do sell these soundcards on our website. They are on the expensive side ($300), but worth it if you are really serious about audio sound from a computer. They are also very useful for recording live onto a hard drive, if you have the opportunity.
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Sound Card
I currently have the regular Audigy sound card in my system and the sound is surprisingly good. It is much better than my previous Live! card from Creative. Has anyone here tried the new Audigy 2? Here's a link to this new card:
http://www.soundblaster.com/products/audigy2/
It uses a 24/192 DAC. I am at my computer for long sessions and the normal Audigy makes my MP3s sound pretty darn good. I will get the Audigy 2 and let you know how it compares.
http://www.soundblaster.com/products/audigy2/
It uses a 24/192 DAC. I am at my computer for long sessions and the normal Audigy makes my MP3s sound pretty darn good. I will get the Audigy 2 and let you know how it compares.