Terratec opinions!

[Roycanedo]

Somebody has used the Terratec EWS MIC8+, it seems to be cool, 24/96kHz, phase, low-cut and mute settings for each channel, phantom power, at a low price... It looks to good to be truth, but what about the converters and preamps quality, and most of all, driver COMPATIBILITY!!!!!
I plan to use it on a P4 on SONAR and Cubase SX

Any opinions... I`m seriously thinking on getting it
Thanks.
Roy

[GZsound]

I recently installed a TerraTec EWS 88D in my recording computer and it seems to work very well once I figured out how to install it. The install disk was totally wrong. I went to the terratec.net site and downloaded the control panel and drivers and threw away the install CD.

I works a lot faster than my former USB optical sound card.

[macouno]

I owned a terratec card a few years ago (so it's a different model) and it was just as bloody noisy as a soundblaster. Which means I wouldn't be buying one again, ever.

[Roycanedo]

What about the EWS MIC8+, anybody has try it?

[GZsound]

Fostex is now supporting TerraTec. You can get a lot of information at the Fostex site. The new cards are getting good revues and as to noise..my new optical card is dead quiet. I can't get any noise to show up on my meters when I simply hit record with no input.

Hard to beat the price.

[macouno]

GZsound... duh if you record through optical (digital) imput it doesn't matter what card you use really... it needs no conversion thus is clean. The audio imputs may be a different story alltogether.

[GZsound]

Thank you...I was also referring to the audio output of the card but neglected to mention that. I deserved the ...duh.

[Cyberjay]

Any views on the Terratec 6Fire 24/96?

Anyone had any conlficts?

[Neno]

Just bought one and must admit that I'm more than satisfied with overall sound quality and as owner of SB platinum I consider this to be a great step forward for a ridiculous price.
I did encounter some problems with occasisonal crakling noise when playing files in WIn media player 7.1 but after contacting support team and downloading 4 in 1 drivers for via kt 1333 based motherboard crackling disapeared.
There are some Asio conflicts too in Cubase but I believe that this could be due to my OS Win98 which is not supported at all so I have to consider upgrading to XP.
Card is very quiet and versatile with crystal, crisp and clean sound and much closer to a professional card definition than SB cards. Ideal for a "one man project studios" working with audio recording (Midi is it's weak point)
I know that there are better cards on the market but not for a 250$.