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M-Audio Audiophile USB Audio and MIDI Interface (Macintosh and Windows)

S/PDIF in and out. MIDI in and out.

Overall User Ratings

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          6 out of 10
Quality:
          7 out of 10
Value:
          6 out of 10
I Want It:
          7 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          4 out of 10
Support:
          6 out of 10
 
 

"awesome card for a small home studio"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Features:
          8 out of 10
Quality:
          9 out of 10
Value:
          10 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from hotmail.com
Submitted: 7/17/2004
Style of Music: techno and rock
Location: winnipeg, manitoba, canada

 

 
Feature:
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

Desirability:
wanted for three months bought very good

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

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

Overall:
very good for first sound card and for anyone with a lap top or little space

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"GO GET IT"

Overall:
          9 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
I Want It:
          10 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
User: a customer from uiuc.edu
Submitted: 12/3/2003
Style of Music: RAP, R&B
Location: CHICAGO

 

 
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Feature:
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.

Desirability:
looks good

Sound:
cool sound no complaints.

Support:
dont know

Overall:
its perfect for me right now.

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"Solid product."

Overall:
          8 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          10 out of 10
Value:
          7 out of 10
I Want It:
          7 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Support:
          10 out of 10
User: a customer from samosdesign.com
Submitted: 2/1/2005
Style of Music: R&B, Soul, Hiphop
Musical Experience: Active Musician & Recording Engineer
Location: Vancouver, BC

 

 
Feature:
Most useful feature is the RCA/Tape I/O

Quality:
Nothing wrong here. The product is clean.

Value:
Reasonable price.

Desirability:
It's sleek.

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.

Support:
I have not yet needed support.

Overall:
8.2 Overall, I will have this product for another year.

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"Mac OS X drivers seem unreliable."

Overall:
          1 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          2 out of 10
Value:
          2 out of 10
I Want It:
          5 out of 10
Sound:
          7 out of 10
Support:
          3 out of 10
Submitted: 12/25/2004

 

 
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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.

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.

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.

Overall:
I'm still waiting for usable drivers.

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"Avoid this. Get something else."

Overall:
          1 out of 10
Features:
          5 out of 10
Quality:
          3 out of 10
Value:
          3 out of 10
I Want It:
          1 out of 10
Sound:
          8 out of 10
Ease of Use:
          5 out of 10
Support:
          2 out of 10
User: a customer from hvc.rr.com
Submitted: 3/15/2006
Style of Music: Berlin Electronic
Musical Experience: "Active Musician"
Location: NY

 

 
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Feature:
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.

Desirability:
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.

Sound:
Good sound quality, cumbersome/minimalistic software interface.

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.

Overall:
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?

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"Waste of money."

Overall:
          4 out of 10
Features:
          7 out of 10
Quality:
          8 out of 10
Value:
          1 out of 10
I Want It:
          9 out of 10
Sound:
          9 out of 10
Support:
          3 out of 10
User: a customer from Hotmail.com
Submitted: 9/21/2003
Style of Music: Techno/Trance
Location: Alfred, Ny

 

 
Feature:
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.

Desirability:
It looks good on the side of your monitor.

Sound:
This sound card sounds absoluty fantastic!

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.

Overall:
I am returning this and buying a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum.

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