Actually, these days I much prefer "class compliant" USB to MIDI converters.
These are the ones that do not require us to load any proprietary drivers at all, they are plug 'n play with Winders.
On my systems, so far, they work fine and there's less driver overhead clutter or something else for me to do in order to get them to work on the different machines here.
The Class Compliant USB stuff seems to be, generally speaking, a bit less expensive, too. Brand name hasn't been all that important to me, matter of fact, the two I have are different and I don't even remember the rather unknown brands on 'em. Likely made in China or the like, they work now and I consider 'em to be disposable/replaceable at those prices should anything ever fail.
--Mac