On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 01:21 +0300, Andrew Gaydenko wrote: > > Will be glad to get your opinions about choosing an audio > card below $250. The main (and, probably, the only) planned > using is a playing back of stereo files. Probably, a DAC > quality is the main feature here. Nowadays, pretty much any card will have a decent performance for simple playback, so quality should not be a big concern. Now, if you truly want the best there is, you'll probably be better off hanging around on audiophile forums, asking questions and picking people's brains, then corroborate the info gathered there with Linux- specific details (i.e. which cards are well supported on Linux, etc.) I've heard non-Linux audiophiles praising the M-Audio cards: http://www.m-audio.com/index.php?do=products.list&ID=pciinterfaces It is said that the RME cards have even better DACs, but whether that's truth or rumour, i don't know. They're certainly more expensive. http://www.rme-audio.com/english/hdsp/index.htm If i were to place a bet, i'd probably do it on the M-Audio Audiophile 192, as it's their newest product, so presumably has newer-generation circuits. -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/
