Cakewalk UA=25EX or PreSonus AudioBox USB?

Don't get a presonus. Get the Cakewalk interface. Presonus used a Dice II FW chipset and that can cause problems for windows. Don't roll the dice and take a chance...Pun was intended!!! Get an interface that is proven to work. What better one than one with the recording programs name on it!!!!. Seriously, don't get presonus.

Here is a list of cards I like and the UA 25Ex is on that list:
http://audio-mastering-mixing.com/FAQ___Q_A.html#33

+1 the UA-25EX

Well I think we all agree.....

Guys, thanks for your comments. 

The UA-25EX is the winning choice....unless anyone has other recommendations within the UA's specs and price range.....

I owned the UA-25EX for about a year.  I really liked the built in compressor and the overall sound quality seemed good.  No problems functionally.  However, unless something has changed, it's not a full duplex sound card.  You cannot record and  playback simultaneously at 96khz.  I also ran into some issues where the audio format wasn't supported on certain projects, even though I played them back perfectly fine with my ECHO Mia Midi.  I'm assuming this was an issue with the frequency format, but I couldn't get some projects to play back on any setting.  I prefer Echo products at this point.  I own the Echo IOx for laptop recording and the Echo Mia Midi for desktop stuff.  I just wish they'd release a USB external card. 

Good link CJ...Great Info... +1
 Do you know if they master Electronic Dance music? I was going to use http://www.mixlogics.com/, 
I try to do some mastering with the demo of Izotope 4 ,it sounded great on my studio speakers, sounded good on my laptop , but in my car it sounded tin ish , I dont have a good acousticly sounding room at all, nor do I really know what I'm doing when it comes to mastering, So with that said I will leave the mastering to someone that knows what there doing, sorry to hijack this thread. 

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Good link CJ...Great Info... +1
Do you know if they master Electronic Dance music? I was going to use http://www.mixlogics.com/, 
I try to do some mastering with the demo of Izotope 4 ,it sounded great on my studio speakers, sounded good on my laptop , but in my car it sounded tin ish , I dont have a good acousticly sounding room at all, nor do I really know what I'm doing when it comes to mastering, So with that said I will leave the mastering to someone that knows what there doing, sorry to hijack this thread. 

 
Well, considering that's CJ's home/project studio I'm pretty sure he knows "if they master Electronic Dance music..."...

OT - but I'm considering a VS-20.  It's a guitar/vocal centric Cakewalk interface, 24-bit/44kHz, USB 1.1 (same as the UA-25EX), and can do guitar reamping and will even act as an ACT control surface for Sonar.

Oh - it has Windows 7 64-bit support as well.

I'll probably mate it with a Roland keyboard controller or something else which is "ACT approved".

My needs are minimal for home recording.  I just want to start making music instead of sitting around evaluating things like I have been for over a year

(Actually - I'm very curious about the upcoming Boss BR-800, which can record to up to a 32GB SD Card, but will also work as an audio interface to Sonar - it's got 4 XLR Inputs!!!  There must be some catch - if I find that it is a VS-20 and more, I'll go with that instead )