Hi Dreamer,
I own the M Audio audiophile usb.
Can't really compare it to anything else as it's the only midi/audio interface I've owned. I'm quite happy with mine, I've had it for about 2 to 3 years.

The only other sound card I owned was an audigy nx2 usb. It didn't have the midi interface. I mainly bought it so that I use soundfonts directly, giving me an alternative to a more complicated software set up required to run fonts on my laptop.

I had to get an external card because my last 2 laptops (Dells), didn't have PCMCIA slots that I could put the PCMCIA type card into.

I just connect my laptop / Audiophile via a USB cable.

best wishes
Rikki

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Originally posted by Dreamer:
I have done a little research and it seems that two good options are the Edirol UA-25

and the M-Audio Audiophile USB



...oh, and they [b]do not connect to the PCMCIA slot... [/B]




[This message has been edited by rikkisbears (edited 07-22-2007).]
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