Right, the guide from which I quoted is available at:

http://www.sweetwater.com/shop/computer-audio/audio_interfaces/buying_guide.php#8


and for those new to the topic, and for general...

From the Sweetwater Interface buying guide:




The bold part is not only not obvious, but is just plain wrong -- for a serious reference with detailed technical explanations precisely why...

Listening to degraded-quality lossy MP3 iTunes via an Apogee convertor... what a waste of time... not to appear as a purist in the studios I go to MP3s are BANNED as a format

I'm relieved that there are people out there who aren't into square waves yet :D

What I personally find most disturbing is that engineers like the buddy who did the song above apparently think...

Mastering engineers, take notice. If you continue to do stuff like this (see attached JPEG), I'll disown you.

"Unexpected this is and unfortunate." - Yoda.

My impression is that the KRKs are not bad as a whole, and haven't heard of any reliability issues from people who own them. The older 8" models tended to be a bit bass-heavy, but I think the newer...

The best mackie monitor is the one left behind in the store. Trust me on that one.

I've had an uncountable number of issues with Mackie gear over the years, and their support staff is less than...

Thanks for the guide, man. I was wondering if anyone knows more about these Lexicon IONIX interfaces, as well as some of the other newcomers to the market. I am well familiar with the MOTU products,...

I am looking to replace my Mackie Onyx 400F with something more reliable of a similar class and FireWire connectivity. I need two (or more) decent mic preamps, several line-level inputs/outputs,...

Upgrade to Def Leppard instead :evil:

I've seen Peavey PA speakers running on a beach without a problem. If you put them on stands high enough, I doubt any sand will get into them at all.

Add Brian Bromberg ! What he does on bass others can't do even on a regular guitar.

I've gotta say I am partial towards Audio-Technicas, especially when it comes to recording guitars, but this is a personal preference or taste if you wish.

Over the years I've come to the...

Michael is right. I was just going to also say that AT's tend to be a tad brighter than average, which seems to be the opposite of what you want (or at least what I think of as "warm"), but I can't...

The Central Station is passive from what I've heard, so there should be no sound coloration.

As to speakers, if you want accurate monitoring you should really look at the HS-80s, not the 50s,...

You should be looking for a plugin along the lines of a Grungelizer or a Retro Vox of some sort.
Alternatively, you can try passing the voice track through a tube-emulation plugin and then roll off...

Pay off existing debt if you can manage with the current gear. Right now is probably the worst time you could pick for borrowing in decades, and I know what I'm talking about because my day job is in...

Actually I've heard one of those being played in a GC nearby. It sounded pretty good in the medium-size room it was playing, but I also gotta echo what DAS said above that it definitely is not for...

Hmm. You bring an interesting point. In the last record I did the shakers mono and I was quite happy. Maybe I should reconsider.

I have a performer who's gonna be playing shakers, holding one in each hand. Ideally I'd like to track them in stereo so that we can pan them left and right in the mix. But I am having a bit of a...

Strange indeed, but if Sweetwater doesn't carry them any more (which I doubt), you could call your sales engineer to ask. Or try another store, like B&H audio in New York. They are also a good...

I'm more than happy to report that just running the laptop off a different wall outlet seems to solve the grounding problem completely. Apparently the main thing is not to allow the laptop and the...

The correct statement is "never use an application developed by Microsoft for dealing with audio". :D

Thanks to all who replied. I've heard a lot of bad things about these laptop power supplies so I'm not in the least surpirsed that the problem eventually boils down to them. I will either run on...