On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 09:59:11 +0200 Frank Barknecht <fbar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hallo, > Folderol hat gesagt: // Folderol wrote: > > > Something confusing here. The 2496 is NOT a USB card, it's a > > conventional pci one. > > M-Audio produces both an Audiophile PCI and a Audiophile USB. Because > the AP-PCI is such a good and popular card, probably M-Audio saw fit > to market a "broken" USB card under the same name because otherwise it > wouldn't have found any buyers at all. ;) > > Anyway, I think, in recent 2.6 kernels/ALSA-CVS, a lot of work on > getting this USB card to run was made, so if one is forced to use one, > s/he might be more lucky now and should try the latest and greatest > ALSA and follow the included documentation [1]. But still I would > avoid to buy one if shopping for a new USB card. > > [1] > http://www.mjmwired.net/kernel/Documentation/sound/alsa/Audiophile-Usb.txt > > Ciao All 2496s are Audiophiles but not all Audiophiles are 2496s! Incidentally, i just checked on the m-audio website and the 2496 is about half the price of the USB unit. So why buy USB when it's not as good and more expensive! -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
