[Jay Ts[_2_]]

Danny T wrote:
mcp6453 wrote:
When I got up this morning, my M-Audio Audiophile 2496 sound card was
doing some funky stuff,
[snipped]
I can probably return the card for a refund, which I may do. That puts
me in the market for another decent PCI card in the $100 range.
Suggestions?

Long ago I had maudio and thought they had great support. Not long ago I
ran into your same issue with another product of theirs. I no longer buy
m-audio either!

First I want to say thanks for both of you for posting about this.
I've been happily using M-Audio products since they were Midiman,
and have never had serious problems with them.

However, in recent years I've been getting the feeling they
have been slipping, and aside from learning through a
discussion here that my Audiophile 2496 (arguably) has a design
problem, I've been looking around for a better card to see if
I can find one with better performance and will work in my next
computer, which may not have PCI slots.

I don't have any experience with this company at all, but one
of the things I found doing "Internet research" was the ESI
"Juli@" [sic.] cards. The specs look good, and I found positive
comments. Any one here know about this product, and the company?
I'm especially interested in driver development.

Now about that Audiophile 2496's "funky" behavior, shut down
your computer, turn the power switch OFF or unplug it, wait
about 30 seconds, then carefully remove the card, plug it
in again, and MAKE SURE IT IS PLUGGED IN CORRECTLY. Just a hunch,
but this is part of basic troubleshooting procedure, and who knows,
maybe that is the source of the problem.

In any case, good luck with it.

Jay Ts