draeke Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Hello everyone, I do have this card: http://www.esi-audio.com/products/u24xl/ but i was looking for something maybe a bit more professional. It is important for it to be portable so that I can use with a laptop when i go around ripping DAT tapes. So far I found only cheap crappy cards like: https://www.asus.com/Sound_Cards_and_DigitaltoAnalog_Converters/Xonar_U3/ http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Sound/USB-Audio/USB-7-Channel-Audio-Adapter-with-SPDIF~ICUSBAUDIO7D http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-2-0-External-7-1CH-Optical-Audio-Sound-Card-Adapter-/310151213238 (!!)is there anything else on the market with the mentioned characteristics that you know of? cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliendna99 Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 Terratec Phase 26 USB is a card I had for many years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goa Travellers Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 The MOTU Track 16 has digital i/o and is portable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needle ninja Posted September 21, 2013 Share Posted September 21, 2013 http://www.rme-audio.de/en_products_babyface.php RME Babyface for pro-quality portability (expensive) http://us.focusrite.com/usb-audio-interfaces/scarlett-18i8 Focusrite 18i8 (not as expensive) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veracohr Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 http://www.esi-audio.com/products/u24xl/ https://www.asus.com/Sound_Cards_and_DigitaltoAnalog_Converters/Xonar_U3/ http://www.startech.com/Cards-Adapters/Sound/USB-Audio/USB-7-Channel-Audio-Adapter-with-SPDIF~ICUSBAUDIO7D http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-2-0-External-7-1CH-Optical-Audio-Sound-Card-Adapter-/310151213238 (!!) I've never heard of any of those companies (except Asus, though I've never heard of them in the audio industry), and I'm always skeptical of unheard-of companies. M-Audio, MOTU, Focusrite, & RME are all good and in the lower price range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goa Travellers Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 You may find something here also: http://www.apogeedigital.com/products/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veracohr Posted September 22, 2013 Share Posted September 22, 2013 Apogee is good but tends to be on the higher priced side, and I believe is Mac only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draeke Posted September 28, 2013 Author Share Posted September 28, 2013 thanks for the advices, the optical input-output port i actually need are for this cable: so as far as i can see only a few cards have those. now i could easily find a used terratec for sale but i have read a terrible review of someone whose system was unstable and crashing and super slow because of the mentioned soundcard, how is your experience aliendna99 ? maybe he was just unlucky... but i also notice is out of production now. i do love the esthetic of the scarlet 18i8 and has it but it is 350 eur motu track 16 has it too but it is 500 eur : RME Babyface it has it too, now i noticed: but it is 550 eur as well... ugh!But now i also found this:terratec dmx 6 fire usb that has standard output rca and optical +cspdif in-out on the front panel, maybe is not as professional as the others too but may do... since i found it for 215 eur.. but will it be good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-BAN Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 wow! you are posting some heavy duty options ;p I wasn't going to post after seeing that but here is another cheap $30 option not mentioned ;p http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/UCA222.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Eye Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 That Behringer thing is crap (speaking from experience) and it seems to have optical out only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vlnik Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Check this one http://www.head-fi.org/t/493805/fs-m-audio-transit-usb. Seems to have optical in but a bit specific/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draeke Posted June 29, 2015 Author Share Posted June 29, 2015 Creative SB1240 Sound Blaster X-FI HDhas also the Toslink line in, has anyone tried it or read any reviews? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotwang Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 I just posted a review in another thread last night: here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkraver Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 A very nice and thorough review Rotwang. I too was disappointed with lack of 3.5mm port in the front when you are using it as a DAC/amp combo and feeding it to your headphones. Its a cool device for the price though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotwang Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 A very nice and thorough review Rotwang. I didn't write it, I just found the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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