My reason for recommending the Presonus has to do with the quality and type of Support still available, Drivers are robust and being supported for the newer Operating Systems, user reports concerning the devices are rather stellar in the majority of cases, which translates to ease of use, less problems, hassles and worries.

The M-Audio cards and such, some of them are getting to be long in the tooth, there have been problems concerning driver support in certain cases, a sound device is no better than the drivers written for it, as NEWER Operating Systems come to market some of the older solutions are not getting the kind of ongoing support as to drivers, software, etc. and that can be a problem that someone new to the game can avoid altogether by selecting a brand and model that does not exhibit those kind of problems in the first place.


--Mac