youre probably right about most USB devices resampling. And of course resampling is better than it was back in the day when people used creative cards, etc. so in theory its less undesirable
i still prefer to not resample my digital data, and shy away from USB interfaces in favor of PCI-based solutions or the cheap and common standalone recorders with digital in, which again generally start over $100
as always, you get what you pay for.