the card itself is not too bad. let me break it down.
- slow support for drivers updates
- its extremely sensitive to grounding problems
- if you use it on ONE system only (ie only on XP) you will not have any problems. If you switch to OSX or to Vista, you are fucked, the firmware is not the same on all. I use both mac and pc xp/osx and i have constant problems with it.
- its extremely portable, light weight.
- no balanced outputs (but that does not mean bad really, but good to know)
I have had a lot of problems with it, but when it runs, it runs like a charm. I have at the moment no problems AT ALL with it. I have not tried the new firmware for both XP and OSX though, so I think im up for a surprise.
anyways, for the price that you pay for it, I would give it a 8/10, but for just 200 euro more you can get a MOTU card, which I have heard good things about (The ultralite).