Have you seen their new offerings ? If your into computer audio from what I hear even the stater E-MU 0204 USB 2.0 DAC/Pre. $130
charles
Don't know about the new stuff, but I had a 1212m for a while until I bought an RME Fireface 800 for my home studio and the little E-MU sounded quite good.
Hmmm........ A little , sub $200 DAC from a pro audio company..... :-k
Could this be 2011's answer to the Art Di/o?
(http://images.americas.creative.com/images/products/headers/prod20347_hdr2_1_1_70.jpg)
http://www.emu.com/products/product.asp?category=610&subcategory=611&product=20347&nav=features
Well, only sort of pro now. I believe Creative Labs bought E-MU a couple of years ago and they've pushed the line towards cheaper models than there used to be available. Still, I haven't liked almost any "home audio" DAC in the $100 range so far and my 1212m (it was an internal PCI card) sounded good for $179 so it's hard to argue with that value. The drivers were a little screwy, but that's Creative for you.
Quote from: woofersus on April 20, 2011, 10:42:13 AM
Well, only sort of pro now. I believe Creative Labs bought E-MU a couple of years ago and they've pushed the line towards cheaper models than there used to be available. Still, I haven't liked almost any "home audio" DAC in the $100 range so far and my 1212m (it was an internal PCI card) sounded good for $179 so it's hard to argue with that value. The drivers were a little screwy, but that's Creative for you.
Well, pro in the sense that when you look at the E-Mu line of products they are pretty much all focuse towrds the production of music vs the reproduction of already recorded music. But I do agree that they are adressing the lower end of that market. (more like the home recording enthusiast.)