Ive seen people offer advice on which soundcard is best with the ProMedias. Some say the SBLive!, the Hercules XP, the Philips AE, or the Audiophile 2496.
Im leaning towards getting the Audiophile 2496 for now, and upgrading to either the SBLive! 5.1 or the Philips AE. You see, right now I am looking to transfer vinyl over to 24bit 96Khz files, and I cant find any consumer grade soundcards that support 24bit recording. So it would seem the Audiophile 2496 will be neccessary to do those transfers.
Somewhere down the line, I was wanting to buy the 4.1's to go along with my 2.1's to do the 6.2 setup. I was planning on using a soundcard with 5.1 ANALOG output for that, which is why I was looking to upgrade to the other cards mentioned.
My question then, is do any of you know of a soundcard that offers 5.1 analog output AND 24 bit recording, either currently out, or on the horizon? If not, does anyone have advice on what I should do about my situation?