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Originally posted by meriter for what it's worth I had a Saffire 6, which is actually USB 1.0, and didn't run into any latency issues.

I had been looking at the Saffire 6 for awhile but like the OP, I need one headphone out, one or 2 lines out and one input.

My scratchamp that came with final scratch 2 has all of these features but its a little too bulky for my needs

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Originally posted by EddieZilker Bump for RANN, who's kind of in the same market I'm in.

Sorry EZ, laptop death caused temporary TA posting latency.

I know it may sound like a long way around (but it's not):

Pcmcia Firewire card, then an Echo audiofire 4. I've had my AF4 for nearly two years now and I couldn't be happier. Can get latency down to 2ms without it getting shitty and it's stable as a rock.

IMO, RME are great but I just don't think there's $1250 worth of difference in audio quality between the two, unless you need all that extra I/O and money is no object/quality is highest criteria over cost etc.

If you really don't want to go the FW route then you could alwys get the RME babyface?

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Originally posted by EddieZilker This is probably a dumb question but it appears that the audio interfaces available for lap-tops are in short supply and I'm concerned about latency issues with USB. RME is the leading contender but with a $1500.00 price range for both HDSPe card and break-out box, that puts it well outside my price-range. ECHO Indigo IO has been discontinued. So, what should I do? Save up for RME, Chance it with Indigo, or is there some other option I'm over-looking/something affordable on the horizon? EDIT: Let me refine this to avoid further confusion - My ideal card/interface has next to 0 latency and is 24 bit, 96kHz. It's for a PC laptop. Ideally should have headphone output, stereo output and stereo input.

I have the multi face with pcmia. Pretty much new. 600

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if firewire is ok, Echo Audiofire 4 (as usual).