Ok I ended up going for this, unexpected I know but it's bus powered and hey

I now feel I should have gone for the Echo Audiofire 2 hahaha or should I? god I hate buyng things like this....sound wise I know the Echo would have been better but but but but

http://www.maudio.co.uk/products/en_gb/Fas...ckPro-main.html



It was between this and the Echo Audiofire2.
I will be running the audio card on a Windows XP Pro HP/Compaq NC6120 laptop, I hope it sounds good, I will use the balanced line in's

Unless you have a need for more IO's, you'll be happy with that box.

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Originally posted by Pulse:
Unless you have a need for more IO's, you'll be happy with that box.

Cheers, I look forward getting back from work tomorrow and trying it out.
I’ll let you all know what I think of it when I get it.
It was a bit of an impulse buying decision lol, I was set to go for the Echo but then stumbled upon this last minute; as I said I love the fact it’s bus powered, has input trims as well as peak led’s and balanced line inputs.

Well I got my new soundcard on Tuesday woop woop! I did a few test mixes straight as I got back from work, can't say my head was with it though as I kept looking at the VU meters and trying to see how loud I can push the output before it distorts/clips lol, the mix sounded in between a bag of spanners being thrown down the stairs and something ok lol

I'l try to do something soon as I really need to get my arse into gear, got some new records today as well form Juno, the New one by Joey Youngman and Robert Owens rock

Overall I am very happy with the soundcard so far, compared to my Marantz CD recorder though I have to turn down the House output a lot, before I used to run it at 7 now I run it at just under 5!
The M-Audio I have to say don't sound that bad at all (better more than I expected any way), nothing amazing but not bad at all and low noise.
Price wise I don't think they break the bank at £109 and are great value for PC users.