Clarification:

The machine has two PCI slots, but one is taken up by a gigantic video card with its own onboard cooling fan. Consequently the other PCI slot is virtually not useable as it would be too close to permit proper cooling of either the video card or daughter card of the EMU.

The machine has two PCIe slots that are not too close to the video card so these could be used.

I thought of getting an EMU 1616M PCIe card, but when I asked advice on the Multimedia Production Forum, several of the gurus were not terribly confident that EMU would be a good choice. One comment was, "the Beta driver is getting old to put it politely.” And someone else said that Win 7 drivers died in the beta stage. Not encouraging.

Some users have good results with Win 7; others not so much. Seems to be a bit of a crap shoot.

That being said, the present 1820M is working well and is very stable. With the on screen mixer it's easy to switch between headphones and bi-amp near field speakers, or the piano.

The PCI to PCIe adapter sounds interesting. If it works, it could be my solution.

Thanks for all the comments - they are appreciated and helpful.

Will be back later tonight - 10:00 p.m. Pacific time, but you’ll all be in bed.


Glenn