On Wed, Nov 04, 2009 at 01:45:01AM -0800, J.C. Roberts wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:59:30 +0000 Jacob Meuser
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > > I still kind of want to trade it in but it's looking like there
> > > might not be any other 4in/4out USB soundcard that's suitable
> > > (they're all either too complex or appear to be old so probably
> > > need custom drivers).
> > 
> > Universal Serial Bus
> > Device Class Definition for Audio Devices
> > Release 1.0
> > March 18, 1998
> > 
> > older than that?  again, by that spec, devices could be made to
> > operate at 1-2ms latency, which is certainly low enough to be
> > considered "pro".
> 
> If quality/speed was actually a requirement, why would anyone mess with
> USB in the first place?
> 
> If you need high quality "pro" gear with 4in/4out wouldn't you be far
> better off with a pair of PCI based JULI@ cards (www.esi-audio.com) or
> something similar?

think laptop, or other machines without available PCI slots ...

> -- 
> J.C. Roberts

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