> > > I have a audio workstation running with 3 Terratec EWS88D cards, > > which provides only digital I/O. > > > > I'm thinking to upgrade my PC adding an analog capable card, which > > will be used primarly for D/A conversion. I'm thinking about > > Terratec EWS88MT which could be found for a quite cheap price both > > new or used, but I understand it's a quite old card. > > Buy it! It's a very good high end card, should work with ALSA and it's > not that old. With Linux, very new hardware often isn't supported yet, > so buying about one year in the past is always recommended. And the > Terratec card is still very up to date. > > Ciao > -- > Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__ Good news here!:-) It will be used as the output stage of a real-time convolution machine, so Hi-Fi quality DAC would be needed. I noticed declared S/N ratio is 110db, I was wondering if this performance is enough for hi-fi audio quality. Thanx! Michele