On Thu, 2006-05-18 at 19:01 +1000, Loki Davison wrote: > umm... bullshit? > > Look at the layla for example. Or rme's offerings. The pci card > doesn't do anything to do with analog signals. The ad/da's are in the > external box, and it's just digital signals going to the pci card, > same as with a firewire solution, only you don't have to deal with > dodgy firewire controllers on the motherboard, etc. Look at rme's pro > cards, eg the amazingly expensive madi cards, they are pci too. I find > you're reply quite insultingly toned btw, Also AFAICT firewire will never be capable of latency as low as a good PCI device. Lee