« Reply #8 on: May 31, 2015, 12:25:16 PM »
Cost-benefit ratio I guess.
It appears that all of the decent "low cost" options, audio interface or stand alone recorder, are going to run you @ $150-200 (although I note that M-Audio and Presonus both make a $100 2 channel unit - I have no idea about the quality).
If that is the case, although you are looking for a short term fix, you might as well get the solution with the most future benefits. Unless you are expecting to do more recording with your lap top, a stand alone recorder that you would continue to use, even as a back up, may ultimately make the most sense. A Tascam DR-40 which has XLRs runs about $146 these days, which would be a less expensive stand alone option than the DR-70, although DR-70 is probably a better unit.
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