M-Audio Audiophile USB Audio and MIDI Interface (Macintosh and Windows)
S/PDIF in and out. MIDI in and out.
Overall User Ratings (based on 67 ratings)
Submitted July 17, 2004 by a customer from hotmail.com
"awesome card for a small home studio"
very good for first sound card and for anyone with a lap top or little space
Sound
very good very quiet no prblems just route through a mixer dont try to plugin a mic directly it doesnt have a preamp buy a smal mixer for 50 bucks with phantom
Features
very good only problem is no monitoring have to use asio driver which has zeor latency as long as u arent using a junky computer if u dont have 512 mb of ram u shouldnt be looking a studio equipment uu should be updating ur computer
Quality
looks good strong and reliable
Value
got it for 150 candian brand new so thats about 75 dollars americian
Manufacturer Support
i have sent 4 emails for help, every email was responded too in 1 buisness day, also called help line in canada was on hold for only 2 min. very good customer service
The Wow Factor
wanted for three months bought very good
Musical Style:
techno and rock
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Submitted December 3, 2003 by a customer from uiuc.edu
"GO GET IT"
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its perfect for me right now.
Sound
cool sound no complaints.
Features
so convient. instead of having i mixer just to control the overall sound, i can control moniter from the front panel knobs. cool digital in/out(plus).and head phone jack in front. i love it
Quality
ok, could of been steel like the quattro
Value
sort of ok. $199 is ok, some people complain. i figure midi is included which is 40-60 dollars separate features 50 dollars and a typicall sound card for 100 dollars. it all adds up well.
Manufacturer Support
dont know
The Wow Factor
looks good
Musical Style:
RAP, R&B
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Submitted February 1, 2005 by a customer from samosdesign.com
"Solid product."
8.2 Overall, I will have this product for another year.
Sound
The sound is clear and crisp, if your having problems with the quality of the sound, put some damn money towards a decent pre-amp or mixer.
Features
Most useful feature is the RCA/Tape I/O
Quality
Nothing wrong here. The product is clean.
Value
Reasonable price.
Manufacturer Support
I have not yet needed support.
The Wow Factor
It's sleek.
Musical Background:
Active Musician & Recording Engineer
Musical Style:
R&B, Soul, Hiphop
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Submitted March 15, 2006 by a customer from hvc.rr.com
"Avoid this. Get something else."
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I should have returned it (it was past its return date when I opened it) or sold it and gotten something more reliable. M-Audio dropped it like a hot potato once they saw how terrible this product is. The latest drivers (version: 1.5.4.15) were written in June of 2003. Doesn't that say something about their support?
Sound
Good sound quality, cumbersome/minimalistic software interface.
Features
Installation is a headache if you're not versed in technology. It sure isn't plug-n-play. It didn't come with all the "free software" i.e. stripped down limited edition software it said it would.
Quality
Not too dependable when one has to worry about it crashing.
Value
Nope, not worth it.
Manufacturer Support
I've gone back and forth via email and phone with Tech Support and problems with XP crashing with even the latest drivers. I finally gave up.
The Wow Factor
It looks good, but I don't care so much about looks, as long as it works. I'd go with someone else other that M-Audio.
Musical Background:
"Active Musician"
Musical Style:
Berlin Electronic
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Submitted April 3, 2012 by km g in bordax, AR
"Not satisfied"
The driver is a very poor quality. You have to switch the module on anf off several times before having a sound of acceptable level, noise free, with acceptable quality, and balanced right/left. In addition, the driver has to be reinstalled quite often. And the sound quality is nothing fantastic. Bottom line: since I bough it, I never really used it.
Musical Background:
Audiophile
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Submitted September 21, 2003 by a customer from Hotmail.com
"Waste of money."
I am returning this and buying a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum.
Sound
This sound card sounds absoluty fantastic!
Features
Right out of the box this card seems great...
Quality
Well made.. no problems there.
Value
At $250 this thing is a waste of a lot of good money.
Manufacturer Support
Had to wait for 20 mins (on a long distance call) before I got someone on the phone - this was before getting NO REPLY from an email I sent them.
The Wow Factor
It looks good on the side of your monitor.
Musical Style:
Techno/Trance
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Submitted December 25, 2004
"Mac OS X drivers seem unreliable."
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I'm still waiting for usable drivers.
Sound
The sound seems okay, when it works, except there were occasional drop-outs -- this might have been the fault of the computer, not the Audiophile USB, but it was a fully loaded 1 gHz machine.
Quality
The physical quality seems okay. The Mac OS X drivers appear to be unreliable. It works for a while, then it doesn't work, then I reinstall drivers, then it works for a while, etc. Also, I have far more system crashes when these drivers are installed. It's just not worth it.
Value
This was more trouble than it was worth, at any price.
Manufacturer Support
Their support department replied that they hadn't heard of the problem, but suggested I should update to the latest Mac OS. This didn't help.
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