Emagic A26 USB Audio Interface (Macintosh and Windows)

Formerly called the EMI 2|6. High-quality Audio I/O. Portable and easy-to-use.

Overall User Ratings (based on 38 ratings)
  • Overall:
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Sound:
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Features:
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Quality:
    3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Value:
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Manufacturer Support:
    2.5 out of 5 stars
  • The Wow Factor:
    3.5 out of 5 stars
Overall: 4 out of 5 stars
(38) (see rating details)
Submitted May 3, 2003 by a customer from rihmasto.com

"Pretty nice unit with only few design mistakes."

Overall: 4 out of 5 stars
(see rating details)
I guess I seek something more portable (metal case please) in near future but dont know if I keep this anyway since placing AD/DA inside PC isnt 1st idea when getting good quality.
Sound
Sounds awesome. Used other mid/pro-class audiocards like Terratec, ST-Audio(hoontech), Creamware, RME-Audio... and This do sound pretty damn good.. perhaps thanks to its external case where noise is not that big problem.
Features
good what it is made for. anyway I missed multiclient drivers so I need to use SBLive! for recording stuff into Cool Edit Pro while playing VST synths etc. on emagic. (hopefully I can use S/PDIF so quality is pretty decent)
Quality
ITS PLASTIC!!!! even there is bag for it, it still feels easy to brake. too bad it needed to be this candy mac look and not professional aluminium casing like most other manufacturers have done.
Value
it's ok priced.
Manufacturer Support
dont know since no support needed.
The Wow Factor
After using it almost 1 year I still like to use it but I would like to have nice features like optical S/PDIF in/out, midi, metal case, balanced input etc. but again there is nothing wrong in it in what it is made for. I can play VSTi's with VERY LOW LATENCY!!!! also this seems to be about only USB card that does work with most USB controllers found on AMD computers (Lucient and Intel are best but rarely seen on VIA/SIS/AMD chipset computers). Edirol did not work and Midiman said in manual that it does not work with my SiS or VIA chipset. I've used this device in several PC's and Powerbook macs and PC laptops without any problems.

Musical Style:

ambient, electronic
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