Gosh Gary. Did you buy stock in this company or something.....
Actually I bought one about 1 1/2 months ago and have not regretted this choice. This card is very, very, very good sounding. The A/D converters are right in there with the Apogees I have heard while mastering at places that have them.
Have not used the MIDI ports yet, but I am sure that they are in line quality wise with the rest of the card.
I have been recording my mixes using GoldWave as the software. I don't even save the file as 24 bit because I have not found a difference between saving at 24 or 16. 24 gives the .wav window a little more room to boost, but not enough to matter really. But, it is still a much better converter than any DAT player. And it sounds better than XT 20 converters.
The comment about it being 4 channel in and out is a bit misleading. It can be, but you only have 2 A/D and D/A converters. To use all 4 I/0's you would need to connect another device up to the digital I/0's on the card. But, it is cool that all 4 I/O's are available at one time.
I recommend this card if your need is for only 2 converters at once. I recommend two of them if you need 4 converters at once. But you can only run three of these cards together.
Anyway Gary, nice suggestion....
Ed Rei
Echo Star Studio
www.echostarstudio.com