Best SoundCard for the money - upgradeable

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On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:48:43 -0700, sam <sohan_al@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Just wondering if someone in this group could advice me on what is the
>best almost Pro quality sound card i can buy for the money. The sound
>card should also have the ability to add an external converter later on
>(sound card should be able to pass the converter signal dirctly to the
>software). It should also have a breakout box with 4 balanced inputs and
>4 balanced outputs.
>
>Thinking of getting an MOTU 2408 MKII (used). Is it good enough for the
>job or do i need a better card to get almost pro-quality sound. I can
>add an external converter later if i want pro quality sound.

That's a good card. Note that there are 101 things that will affect
the "pro" quality of your sound before anyone will notice the
difference made by changing D/A converters.

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