$64 mil. question Which Card is Best?

[williamconifer]

I hate these broad subjective polls but today I'm in the mood. hehe.

I want to get an affordable (< $200) Audio card for my Win 98se AMD music machine. I want to keep my SBlive for Midi/Soundfonts. I use Sonar, Acid Pro 3, Sound Forge 5, Fruityloops 3.4 and Reason 1.1. I want low latency and clean A/D converters (who doens't).

I know there are 3 mfg's that have products to fit this part of the market: M-Audio, TerreTac, & Hoontech. Any thoughts on these or others?

Thanks
jack

 

[Gidge]

Delta Audiophile 2496 or Delta 44 (slightly ove $200)......

 

[Retro]

There's also the Echo Mia at $199. It uses the same convertors as the M-Audio Audiophile (which are very good), but has 1/4" balanced inputs and outputs (the Audiophile has unbalanced RCA plugs). It also has 8 virtual outputs.