For what it is, it's very good 
by hue from Vancouver, BC, Canada, May 2008
Music Background:  Audio Engineer, Musician

I have to question one of the reviews that suggested this as only a notch above SB cards. This blows away anything creative has in their consumer line. I'm not much fond of the emu products either but.....

Anyway, there are NO XLR i/o on the breakout cable. Those are midi connectors. Let's not propagate misinfo here. The only downfall is that it is strictly unbalanced I/O but for most hobbyists, this card is not a Ferrari more like a Honda S2000. Sure it's just a honda but it's got power under the hood.

  Great sounding card 
by The Ken Myers Project from Cleveland, Ohio USA, October 2006
Music Background:  recording artist, electronic musician composer

This sound card is just a notch above the Soundblaster Audigy in terms of quality. The Audigy has more features however, perhaps features not needed by recording musicians. My Audiophile had noticable clicking noise initially, but disappeared after adjusting the latency.

IT'S DA BEST 
by Ace Maheswaran from India, April 2006

There can be no doubt that this is the best card in it's price range.I use it as one of the inputs with my keyboard.FL studio's potential is best revealed by this card.The only drawback as I see it is the break-out cable...it can be very easily damaged if handled too much or if your pet dog chews it!!! But i hope M-Audio will continue providing spares.

Best $100 sound card 
by Dave from Moncks Corner, SC, USA, February 2006

I've been using this card for 6 or 7 months. Had many opinions from fellow musicians, redio, and recording people and ALL were good. I use with Acid Pro 5 so more In/Out not that important since Acid just does one track at a time. Also use through Mackie Mixer and Cubase...only have two out on mixer so it works fine for my budget studio setup. I won't replace until I upgrade the entire setup because this card does all that I need at this point and has excellent sound quality!

Audiophile 2496 
by Anonymous from Canada, July 2004

This card is a great way to get into a low Latent high quality audio card for little $$. Although only 2 In/OUT ports. It is great for a songwriter to an audio editor.Midi ports add to the value. Highly recommended.

bang for the buck 
by stan from milwaukee, June 2004

you will not find another sound card for 150 to do what the audiophile 2496. allows you to run midi with low to zero latacy. you can bring in qulity samples for anywhre. they have 2 xlr jacks in the back of the card good for a dat,dvd,cd,other instuments.


THIS CARD IS THE UPGRADE FORM THE SOUNDBLASTERS GETTING INTO REAL PRO

AUDIO PRODUCTION. IS A GOOD GIFT TO ANYONE SERIOUSE ABOUT SPENDING TIME WITH MUSIC.

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