Best firewire PCI card?

[funeralcrasher]

I need a pci firewire card.. what cards should I look for? I probably want 1394b (connecting to a firewire mixer)

Comments

[johnbutler.livejournal.com]

Go with Startech or SYBA. Avoid SIIG, Belkin and Acraptec.

[pkbarbiedoll.livejournal.com]

John what is your opinion about PCMCIA firewire cards? I've heard a few people say that they are unreliable. I'm recording a conference three weeks from now and working from laptop would be nice, but I'm worried about the system freezing halfway through.

[johnbutler.livejournal.com]

CardBus (what most people think is PCMCIA, but PCMCIA is much older) is the same bandwith as PCI. It's got latency issues, though.

I would instead buy some kind of dedicated recording device for similar money. Olympus and Sony make some decent ones you can buy on Amazon.

M-Audio has a $500 one with leather seats and a waffle iron.

Edirol just came out with a competing model, the R-09HR, Korg has the MR-1...

Oh here you go:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/navigation/portable-stereo-multi-track-recorders-professional?N=100001%2b309138&Ns=P_Price%7c0&page=1

Tascam DR-1 for $300, Marantz for $400, can't really argue with those brand names. Fostex has a kit with mics, cables, case and lovingly crafted signed numbered commemorative framed dildo of authenticity for $700.

[pkbarbiedoll.livejournal.com]

Those look nice, but I need 9 channels of actual input. Hence the firewire mixer ----> Audition, Cubase, ect.