You can get the 1010s (with their breakout boxes) for pretty cheap money on eBay - I got mine for £150 second-hand, it needs recapping but is otherwise pretty mint. The power regulator board usually needs a recap after a few years, sadly, but they've fixed that on newer ones. Still no XLRs, sadly, all jacks, but balanced at least. The 1010LTs are pretty nice all-round cards, though.
The RME stuff I consistently hear good stuff about, but it's as pricey as the ASI stuff as far as I can tell, though I haven't looked much into their PCIe/PCI card offerings, mostly their Firewire stuff. ASI's really the way to go for anything Rivendell if you can scrap the cash together, but even their cheapest cards are expensive. They are /really/ good bits of kit, though, and worth absolutely every penny. James On 20/01/2012 11:54, Wayne Merricks wrote: > If you need more IO, I've thrown my hand in with the Delta 1010LTs > (http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/m-audio-delta-1010lt-digital-recording-interface--173). > They're about £30 more than the most expensive option you linked but works > fine. > > The only thing I don't like is the way the IO is all off the backplate of > the card (via the cables) and I would have preferred proper balanced > audio via stereo jacks rather than the RCAs it supplies. Its a bit untidy > this way but then I don't want to spend £350+ on the Delta 1010s with the > breakout rack mounted box so I can't really complain. > > Please note the main reason I used these cards was for cheap testing. > Having said that the sound quality is good so I may abandon the ASI route > for when Riv goes into production. > > Regards, > > Wayne > > On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:37:25 -0000, Dan Mills > <dmi...@exponent.myzen.co.uk> wrote: > >> On Thu, 2012-01-19 at 20:54 +0000, nathan lawson wrote: >> >>> ESI - Maya 44 >>> ( >>> http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/esi-maya-44(pci)-high-quality-24-bit-96-192khz-4x4-audio-interface--47504 >>> ) >> This seems to have an out of tree driver that requires building from >> source, it might be fine, but....... >> >>> M-Audio - AudioPhile 2496 >>> (http://www.dv247.com/computer-hardware/m-audio-audiophile-2496-hi-quality-24-96-pci-audio-midi-interface--2062) >> The M-Audio audiophile is a well known and well supported card, LOTS of >> rivendell using it with good results. It is getting a little long in the >> tooth these days, but it does fine. >> >> Note that it has a single stereo analogue output (plus SPDIF). >> Last I checked the ESI cards had 'issues' on linux, so I would be a >> little careful there (Could have been sorted it was a while back). >> >> Regards, Dan. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Rivendell-dev mailing list >> Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org >> http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev > ####################### > Scanned by MailMarshal > ####################### > > #################################################################################################################################################################################################################### > > Attention: > > The information contained in this message is confidential and intended for > the addressee(s) only. If you have received this message in error or there > are any problems, please notify the originator immediately. > The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is > strictly forbidden. Christian Vision or any of its subsidiaries will not be > liable for direct, special, indirect or consequential damages > arising from alteration of the contents of this message by a third party or > as a result of any virus being passed on. Please note that we reserve the > right to monitor and read any e-mails sent or received by the > company under the Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception > of Communications) Regulation 2000. Christian Vision is registered in England > as a limited company 2842414 and as a charity 1031031 > > #################################################################################################################################################################################################################### > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org > http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list Rivendell-dev@lists.rivendellaudio.org http://lists.rivendellaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
