[sdiy] Should I repair my Fostex, or should I go HD recording?

[JH.]

> I've never been a fan of onboard DA converters.  Bringing the analog
signal
> inside the computer to its world of interference has always just seemed
like
> the wrong plan to me,

Seems wrong to me, too.
The price difference between a MAudio 1010 and 1010LT is tempting, though.
But apart from the shielding, that extra 19" box would be way more
convenient for
me to use than the loose cables.

Layla 24  and Delta 1010 are what I found on my search. Which one is better?
Or what else to choose? Anything considerably less expensive that will also
do the job? (I don't know if I need 24bit/96kHz. My beloved reverb is 16bit
20kHz. (;->). But I'll have a lot of going back and forth between A and D,
so high resolution and high sampling rate can't hurt ...

JH.