Alternitives to a MOTU 24 I/O

[meltdown50]

Hey guys,
I'm in the market for a 24 or 16 channel in/out A/D like the MOTU 24 I/O

I have a few questions though, what are the alternitives to the MOTU?

I want to use SOnar 8, and a PC. PCI Cards are fine, and im not 100% sure what my mother board is right now, but what other options are there for around the same price range?

I'm looking for quaility. sub $2K

All i really need are 16 channels.

any thoughts? What should my considerations be?

-Ian

[evangelista]

save up a bit more and get a lynx aurora.

[meltdown50]

why? whats better about it? other then it has a high-end name recognition?

[F5D]

I am also looking for a converter with lots of i/o. MOTU 24 i/o is one choice. I guess one good question is what you are going to connect? If it is outboard, a mixer etc. then almost any converter is ok regarding the levels but if it is synthesizers or other unbalanced equipment, then the motu has an advantage because it supports both -10dBV and +4dBu operation. Very few of the high end converters support unbalanced -10dBV operation directly and the result can be very low signal levels if you connect synths or some other older unbalanced gear directly.

[Emilshere]

the ECHO AUDIOFIRE 12 gives you 12 trs 1/4 inch ins and outs, straight up and simple and sounds great... for about 600 bucks... and theres an 8 channel model for even less... they sound better than anything else in that price range.

[vijsolo]

Here is one more

M-Audio ProFire 2626 Firewire Audio Interface

This one gives 16 inputs without any ADAT stuff.

Tascam US2000 USB 2.0 Audio Interface

Cheerz!!