I was wondering what external sound cards does anyone recommend here?
I'm interested primarily of an external sound card because
1) I'm looking for something to keep for at least five years+
2) No EM interference like internal sound cards
3) Possibly dribbling in sound production in the future
4) Portability (can use then with my laptop and my desktop, relates also to 3 and also just being able to take with me)
All of these reasons make up a good excuse to splurge on a really nice model. As well as firewire, because USB latency is a no no if I do decide to try my hand at trying some sound production with midi/analog inputs.
I'm researching at the moment audio solutions to expand my current experience. Right now I've been using the same old crappy Altec Lansing speakers for three years, and an Audigy 2 sound card I've had for four. Since then I've learned much more about DACs (first hand as a Cpr E student) and audio since coming to [H] and headfi (experiencing the greatness that are higher end stereo systems and headphones, and learning much more about stuff like LAME/FLAC etc).
Any links to what I might be looking for or threads pertinent to this matter are extremely helpful as well as first hand experience.
I'm interested primarily of an external sound card because
1) I'm looking for something to keep for at least five years+
2) No EM interference like internal sound cards
3) Possibly dribbling in sound production in the future
4) Portability (can use then with my laptop and my desktop, relates also to 3 and also just being able to take with me)
All of these reasons make up a good excuse to splurge on a really nice model. As well as firewire, because USB latency is a no no if I do decide to try my hand at trying some sound production with midi/analog inputs.
I'm researching at the moment audio solutions to expand my current experience. Right now I've been using the same old crappy Altec Lansing speakers for three years, and an Audigy 2 sound card I've had for four. Since then I've learned much more about DACs (first hand as a Cpr E student) and audio since coming to [H] and headfi (experiencing the greatness that are higher end stereo systems and headphones, and learning much more about stuff like LAME/FLAC etc).
Any links to what I might be looking for or threads pertinent to this matter are extremely helpful as well as first hand experience.