Which Audio Interface For Cubase Sx, Need one with excellent OS X drivers Options

I just bought Cubase SX for Mac OS X. Haven't even received it yet, so my perceptions aren't colored.

SO my question is: how am I gonna get sound into my Mac? I don't need anything as powerful or expensive as the MOTU 828.

Something like the Edirol UA-5 would be perfect - if it works. I've been reading horror stories about incompatibility with Cubase SX (with the old beta drivers for Edirol). I gather the M-Audio DUO is even worse. And I'd use the mBox but . . . no OSX drivers.

So: recommendations. Should I get a PCI card? Is USB gonna work since I'm starting fresh?

Thanks a million.

Jeff

[Presto]

I agree with rickenbacker.

Apparently, if you record at 44.1khz you get sounds up to 22khz - that's half (don't know why). With 96khz you would get sounds up to nearly 50khz and you'd put bats to shame if you could hear that. Assuming I've got very good ears for someone a little older than 6yrs (the best age for ears - supposed to decline after - although an adult chest does "hear" better than a kid), I can probably hear well up to 16khz.

This is an interesting debate but I don't think we need to bother about it. I can record on 48khz but have decided to only use 44.1 This is so I don't lose anything converting to 44.1 when bouncing to CD. However, 24bit digitising is definitely much better than 16bit, unless you don't need to modify anything and are just using your computer as a recorder.

Hope this isn't too off topic