Which Sounbd Card For New G5s ??, Advice requested... Options

[binus]

Hi you all,
I am considering upgrading from a G4 to G5 (which one is to be discussed later...), so my Audiomedia III will be have to be dropped except if I choose a G5 1.8....
My questions are, at this time:
1/ which card do you think is the best (rapidity, least latency, sound quality). Within a reasonable price range (200 to 300 $) for a home studio.
2/ generally speaking, are PCI-X cards still better rated than FW ones ? (FW would free us from the problem of slots being changed these times... and probably more often in the future...).
I had a look at some cards like Echo Mia-midi, M-Audio 410 too but I could not try them and I think there are some others worth looking at...

Thanks for your posts !!


This post has been edited by binus: Tue 15 Feb 2005, 10:50

[PhilTrueman]

Yo binus,

Welcome to the nightmare...

It's not a simple question and there's no simple answer - it depends what you want to do. There are quite a number of Firewire kits out there that would do the job. PCI cards are still fine - although M-Audio get a lot of criticism on this site - I've always used their cards and they're fine. (um... with some caveats).
I recently went from a G4 733MHz to a G5 2.5x2 - and chose an M-Audio 1010LT. Card works fine.

Best to make a list of requirements - and your budget - and make choices from there. Don't kick yourself if you make a mistake - it's all a learning curve.

Don't forget to look at Terratec, M-Audio, M-Box etc etc etc.

Good hunting.

PT