Echo Indigo IO Stereo 24/96 Laptop Cardbus

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I've also been considering getting one of these. My only concerns are:

1) Theres only one input and one output

2) They're 1/8" rather than 1/4"

3) They're not balanced


Other than that I hear it's great quality, low noise, 96kHz/24bits. I could get one for about $150 US, is it worth it? For now I'll mostly be using it for sampling and recording from turntables, and outputing to monitors for producing.

Also, I was looking at the PreSonus FirePod but that MOTU 828 looks a lot nicer and not too much more ($750 vs. $600)