if you only need to record a stereo source, the audiophile should work just fine. the audiophile and the entire delta series (44, 66, 1010) all share the same chipset; the difference is the number of channels they can record at once. I have an audiophile and am very pleased with it (quality of sound and support). i think a lot of your choice will boil down to how much you want to spend. As to the isolators... that's out of my league, i'll let someone else answer that one. =) --Andrew On Sun, 22 Aug 2004 16:51:22 +1000 Jason White <jasonjgw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > My main interest at present is in making archival recordings of > material that I originally recorded on audio cassette. My system > currently contains a C-Media CM8738 controller as part of the Asus > system board, which is recognized by Alsa. I assume that for quality > results I will need better sound hardware. I asked this question of a > local user's group last year and was informed that the M-Audio Delta > 66 is of high quality and has good Alsa support. It was further suggested > that one of the USB A/D converters could be useful as it would also > work on a laptop. > > Taking into account price, performance and driver support, what > options do you think I should consider? > > To connect to a cassette tape recorder is it sufficient to run a cable > from its audio output to the input of the sound card, or is an audio > isolation transformer also necessary (not sure where one would acquire > this but I have heard that they are sometimes needed)? > > There are informative reviews at http://www.linuxhardware.org/ but > they focus mainly on playback functionality rather than recording. > > Any suggestions for a newcomer to the field would be most welcome. > > Jason.
