Replacing M-Audio Audiophile 2496

[leehookem]

do they make an adapter from pcie > pci?  dealing with the same issue too.

[Gordon]

pcie bridge

something like this to go from pcie 1 to pci

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815158165

never used one and no idea how well it would work but.......

[tapeworm48]

Thanks for the adapter recommendation.  Will the audiophile card work with this adapter?  my concern is the depth.

HEre is the adapter:  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0024CV3SA/

And here is the soundcard:  http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&DEPA=0&Order=BESTMATCH&N=100006640&isNodeId=1&Description=audiophile+2496&x=0&y=0

Is this soundcard considered half-height or low profile? 

The tech details say:
The unique bracket design allows a low profile/half-height PCI card to work seamlessly in a PCI Express-based expansion slot
Innovative bracket design adapts and secures the existing half-height/low profile bracket of the PCI Card

TIA

[Pinky Herman]

There are MB less expensive than that PCI-E / PCI Bridge !

Some have bit perfect digital audio to 96/24 built in.
The analogue side is probably lesser in performance, however.

Be sure that memory, HDD, I/O, and all are compatible.

[Gordon]

There are MB less expensive than that PCI-E / PCI Bridge !

Some have bit perfect digital audio to 96/24 built in.
The analogue side is probably lesser in performance, however.

Be sure that memory, HDD, I/O, and all are compatible.

true but he has a brand new store bought pc.  why in the world would he want to replace the motherboard?  his version/key of windows likely won't work if he does that either.

[OOK]

I was in the same boat at the begining of last year.  I bought a new computer and my computer no longer supported PCI.  Its now PCIe.  After an exhaustive search I settled on this card from E-mu:

http://www.creative.com/emu/products/product.aspx?category=505&pid=19169

I am very happy with this card.  It has performed flawlessly....digi in and outs on both coax or opti...  plus balanced in and outs.... I run the balanced outs right to a set of KRK RP6's.... Again I am very happy with the performance and sound I am getting......

Peace OOK

[tapeworm48]

Any other recommendations in the sub-$100 area?  I haven't had any luck scoring an Audiophile USB, the the PCIe bridge did not work out for me.  Would appreciate additional suggestions that anyone has.  Thanks.

[tapeworm48]

Any idea if this is bit perfect:

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FireWireSolo.html

could be a good solution as an external firewire soundcard.

Thanks.

[tapeworm48]

I came across this soundcard as a potential solution.  Its a PCIe card that can handle digital sample rates as low as 32kHz. 

http://www.esi-audio.com/products/maya44xte/

Anyone have any experience with this one?

[bhadella]

Finally upgraded my old desktop and have run into the same issue (only have PCIe slots).  I was running Audiophile 2496 > iBasso D10 Cobra (coax in, headphone out) > Grado sr60i (hot rodded).   The iBasso has USB in but only accepts 16/48.......just looking for a cheap bit perfect PCIe soundcard that can output 24/96 via coax or optical.  Any suggestions?

Looks like cards have gotten much cheaper.  I'm spying a ASUS card for under $40 shipped.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132052&cm_re=asus_soundcard-_-29-132-052-_-Product

[Fried Chicken Boy]

^^  I don't have any experience with that sound card (or many recent sound cards at all since I've been using an outboard USB-connected unit for years) but it's hard to beat for the price.  There's also a $10 rebate on the ASUS now so it will wind up being less than $30.

[tapeworm48]

i gave up trying to find a replacement, and purchased a microtrack 2496.  transferring from DAT to the microtrack via an s/pdif cable.

[capnhook]

I was in the same boat at the begining of last year.  I bought a new computer and my computer no longer supported PCI.  Its now PCIe.  After an exhaustive search I settled on this card from E-mu:

http://www.creative.com/emu/products/product.aspx?category=505&pid=19169

I am very happy with this card.  It has performed flawlessly....digi in and outs on both coax or opti...  plus balanced in and outs.... I run the balanced outs right to a set of KRK RP6's.... Again I am very happy with the performance and sound I am getting......

Peace OOK

The specs don't mention 16bit......is this one 24bit only?

[Chuck]

i gave up trying to find a replacement, and purchased a microtrack 2496.  transferring from DAT to the microtrack via an s/pdif cable.

Yeah, that makes sense. I use my Tascam DR-680 for doing DAT and cassette transfers now. It's just so easy to set-up. No need for the computer anymore when doing transfers.