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| Manufacturer |
Product |
Analog I/O |
Digital I/O |
Platform Version |
Bus Type |
Plug-In Formats Supported |
Sample Rate |
A/D/A Converter, Bitrate |
Price |
| M-Audio |
Audiophile 192 |
(2/4) TRS 1/4" on breakout cable |
2x2 S/PDIF (coaxial RCA) |
Win 2000/XP (SP3), OS X 10.2.8 or 10.3.4 |
PCI |
N/A |
192 kHz |
24-bit |
$200 |
| M-Audio |
Audiophile 2496 |
(2/2) RCA |
S/PDIF (coaxial) |
Win 95/98/2000, Mac, Linux |
PCI |
DirectX, VST |
8-96 kHz |
24-bit/128x |
$230 |
| M-Audio |
Audiophile USB |
(2/2) RCA out, RCA, 1/4" in |
(2/2) S/PDIF (coax) |
Win 98SE/ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 9.x-X |
USB |
VST, Dxi, ASIO, EASI, WDM |
44.1, 48, 96 kHz |
24-bit |
$250 |
| M-Audio |
Delta Audiophile 2496 |
(2/2) RCA |
(2/2) S/PDIF (coax) |
Win 95/98/SE/NT/2000/ME/XP, Mac OS 8.6-X |
PCI |
VST, GSIF, DXi, ASIO, EASI, WDM |
8-96 kHz |
24-bit |
$230 |
| M-Audio |
Delta 1010 LT |
(8/8) |
(2) S/PDIF |
Win 95/98/SE/NT/2000/ME/XP, Mac OS 8.6-X |
PCI |
VST, DXi, GSIF, ASIO, WDM, RA |
8-96 kHz |
24-bit |
$300 |
| M-Audio |
Delta 1010 |
(8/8) 1/4" TRS |
(2/2) S/PDIF (coax) |
Win 95/98/SE/NT/2000/ME/XP, Mac OS 8.6-X |
PCI |
VST, GSIF, DXi, ASIO, EASI, WDM |
8-96 kHz |
24-bit |
$600 |
| M-Audio |
FireWire Audiophile |
(2/4) RCA |
2x2 S/PDIF (coaxial RCA) |
Win XP, Win 2000(SP3), Mac OS 9.2.2, OS X
10.1.5 or 10.2.6 or greater |
FireWire |
N/A |
96 kHz |
24-bit |
$350 |
| M-Audio |
FireWire 410 |
(8/8) |
(2/2) |
Win 2000/XP; Mac OS 9, OS X |
FireWire |
ASIO, GSIF, WDM |
96 kHz |
24-bit |
$500 |
| M-Audio |
FireWire 1814 |
(8/4) analog (2x TRS bal) |
8x8 ADAT optical, 2x2 S/PDIF coax/optical |
Win XP, Mac OS X |
FireWire |
N/A |
Up to 192 kHz |
24-bit |
$750 |
| Merging Technologies |
PyraMix Virtual Studio 5 |
(128/128) |
MADI, AES/EBU, TDIF, SDIF, ADAT |
Win XP Pro |
PCI |
Native, DirectX, VST |
32 kHz, DSD 384 |
24-bit, 1-bit |
$675 and up |
| Metric Halo |
Mobile I/O 2882 |
(8/8), 2 headphone out |
7 ADAT I/O, 2 AES/S/PDIF |
Mac |
FireWire |
N/A |
96 kHz |
24-bit |
$1,495 |
| Metric Halo |
Mobile I/O 2882 +DSP |
(8/8), 2 headphone out |
8 ADAT I/O, 2 AES/S/PDIF |
Mac |
FireWire |
MIO +DSP |
96 kHz |
24-bit |
$2,195 |
| Metric Halo |
ULN-2 |
(2/2), 2 monitor out, 2 heaphone out |
2 AES/EBU or S/PDIF |
Mac |
FireWire |
N/A |
96 kHz |
24-bit |
$1,195 |
| Metric Halo |
ULN-2 +DSP |
(2/2), 2 monitor out, 2 heaphone out |
2 AES/EBU or S/PDIF |
Mac |
FireWire |
MIO +DSP |
96 kHz |
24-bit |
$1,895 |
| MOTU |
828mkII |
(8/10) 1/4" TRS, 2 mic in, headphone out |
(2/2) S/PDIF, (2/2) Toslink or (8/8) ADAT |
Win ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 9/X, ASIO, GSIF |
FireWire |
All native |
44.1-96 kHz |
24-bit |
$795 |
| MOTU |
Traveler |
(4/8) mic/inst in w/preamps on XLR/TRS combo,
phone outs |
8 ch ADAT optical, 2 ch S/PDIF (RCA or
Toslink), 2 ch AES/EBU |
Win, Mac |
FireWire |
All native |
192 kHz |
24-bit |
$895 |
| MOTU |
896HD |
8 mic-line in (Neutrik XLR/TRS), 8 out XLR |
(2/2) AES/EBU, (8/8) ADAT |
Win ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 9/X, ASIO, GSIF |
FireWire |
All native |
44.1-192 kHz |
24-bit |
$995 |
| MOTU |
2408mk3 |
(8/10) 1/4" TRS |
S/PDIF, (3) ADAT Lightpipe, (3) TDIF |
Win ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 9/X, ASIO, GSIF |
PCI |
All native |
44.1-96 kHz |
24-bit |
$995 core |
| MOTU |
24I/O |
(24/24) 1/4" TRS |
N/A |
Win ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 9/X, ASIO, GSIF |
PCI |
All native |
96 kHz |
24-bit |
$1,495 core |
| MOTU |
HD192 |
(12) XLR |
AES/EBU |
Win ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 9/X, ASIO, GSIF |
PCI |
All native |
44.1-192 kHz |
24-bit |
$1,895 core |
| MultipointUSA |
Super Xeon |
Up to 128 |
N/A |
Win |
PCI |
Most |
96 kHz |
24-bit |
$4,999 |
| Mytek Digital |
DAW 9624 |
(8/8) XLR (expandable) |
(4) AES/EBU (optional ADAT,TDIF) |
Win, Mac, Linux |
PCI |
VST, DirectX |
44.1, 48, 88.2, 96 kHz |
24-bit |
$5,995 |
| PreSonus |
Inspire1394 |
(2) mic in, (2) inst in |
N/A |
Win, Mac |
FireWire |
ASIO, WDM, DirectX, Core Audio |
96 kHz |
24-bit |
$300 |
| PreSonus |
FireBox |
(6/8) |
S/PDIF, MIDI |
Win, Mac |
FireWire |
ASIO, WDM, DirectX, Core Audio |
96 kHz |
24-bit |
$399 |
| PreSonus |
FirePod |
(8) mic/inst/line in, (8) out |
(2) S/PDIF |
Win, Mac |
FireWire |
ASIO, WDM, DirectX, Core Audio |
96 kHz |
24-bit |
$799 |
| RME |
Digi 96/8 Pad |
(2) stereo I/O 24/96 |
ADAT, S/PDIF, AES/EBU |
Win 98/ME/2000/XP, Mac 9.X and OS X |
PCI |
N/A |
32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96 kHz |
24-bit |
$399 |
| RME |
Hammerfall 96/36 |
N/A |
(2) ADAT, S/PDIF, AES/EBU |
Win 98x/ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 9 and OS X |
PCI |
N/A |
32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96 kHz |
24-bit |
$499 |
| RME |
Digiface |
1/4" TRS stereo line out, headphone out |
(3) ADAT, S/PDIF, (2) MIDI I/O |
Win 98/ME/2000/XP, Mac |
PCI/PCMCIA |
N/A |
32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96 kHz |
24-bit |
$699 |
| RME |
Multiface |
(8) 1/4" TRS I/O, stereo headphone/line
out |
ADAT, S/PDIF, MIDI |
Win 98/ME/2000/XP, Mac OS 9 and X |
PCI/PCMCIA |
N/A |
32, 44.1, 48, 64, 88.2, 96 kHz |
24-bit |
$749 |
| RME |
Fireface 800 |
(8) TRS outs (4) XLR/(4)line in, (1) Hi-Z, (4)
1/4" insert/line in, (1) stereo headphone/line out |
(2) ADAT, S/PDIF, AES/EBU, (1) MIDI |
Win XP, Mac OS X |
FireWire 400 and 800 |
VST, DirectX |
192 kHz |
24-bit |
$1,799 |
| Manufacturer |
Product |
Analog I/O |
Digital I/O |
Platform Version |
Bus Type |
Plug-In Formats Supported |
Sample Rate |
A/D/A Converter, Bitrate |
Price |
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