Jim Roseberry

I'd have to add the new Roland units to the list.  The pre-amps on my Quad-Capture are very noticeable a step up in clarity from my Echo Audiofire Pre8 (or any other interface I have owned).  Latency and stability are top notch.  Very professional units.  The newest one has 12 of those sweet pres if you need that many.  Can't say enough good things about the current Roland line.

The Roland units are very good...
I just wish you could get RTL @ or below the 6ms mark.
Doesn't make a huge difference for many folks... but for me it's a bit of a sticking point.

In what situations do you actually hear that?

As for the game thing, I (like others) run two audio interfaces with no problems what so ever.  I have an Octacapture for Sonar (which I really like), and I have a cheesy onboard 5.1 sound card for everything else.  I have never had a single issue.

I am an all-in-one computer guy as well.  Works perfectly if you just deselect the onboard card in Sonar's preferences.

I will look into a cheapy sound card for gaming. my sound will start to crackle, and then eventually freeze the computer on both starcraft and the new sim city, which is super annoying. Now I just need to find a consumer card with quarter inch outs, lol

Just to clarify, for ease I have seperate speakers for all the gaming, You Tube-y stuff.  That way, there is no switching of cards, changing of preferences or anything annoying.  Octacapture into Equator D5s, then onboard card into some sort of cheap 5.1 set I grabbed at Best Buy.  Games in 5.1 are awesome!

Kroneborge


 Now I just need to find a consumer card with quarter inch outs, lol

Or a trip to Radio Shack http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103237

Sure I suppose that would work...

One thing I forgot, if you get one and it comes with a driver disk, I would not install it, Windows will have a generic driver that will work just fine with it. I use one in my other PC that I have my M-audio card in. When I plug it in, it becomes the default audio device for the games, when I unplug it I'm ready to record with no additional setup needed in Sonar or Windows.