> Prosumer, as well as professional audio interfaces work very good using > the class compliance Linux USB driver. I own a prosumer audio interface > with 18 input and 20 output channels and there are no issues using all > of them and moreover, the prosumer USB device works way better, than my > professional PCIe audio interface. Hmmm, one advantage of PCIe is that it provides 3.3 V which does not have to be divided for supplying the microphone with it. Also PCIe causes less latency, but that is not really important for my use case. But I do not really see why would USB be a bad choice... Regards, Neven