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On Thu, 26 Apr 2012, plutek wrote:
> From: yvan volochine

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>>

>> sorry to post YAThread about usb interfaces but I need a small usb one

>> with 1 in and 2 out (basically a mic and a loud stereo out).

>>

>

> i don't know about those devices, but i just purchased an ART USB Dual

> Tube Pre and am very happy with it. works ootb as a class-compliant USB

> device, with no drivers or firmware required.

>

   I'll second that nomination, as I just purchased one also.  It has a

noise floor about 5db worse than my Focusrite firewire interface, but for

the money ($149 USD) it's a great product. It also has an SPDIF output, so

I can use it as an expansion of my focusrite firewire interface as well as

standalone.  (But alas, no wordclock in, so in order to utilize those

extra two channels, I have to slave the focusrite to the SPDIF clock.)

A friend who didn't need the SPDIF out, but only a two-channel pre with

phantom to expand his band's PA also bought the solid-state version ($69

USD).  I had a chance to check it out, and it also 'just works' on

Ubuntustudio 12.04beta.  I didn't make noise floor measurements on that

one, however.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/615405-REG/ART_USBDUALPREPS_USB_Du...
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