Specifications that motivated my choice:
A friend was selling his. What interested me Directmonitoring, number of inputs, ADAT, ..

Perfect for my use.

Usage: home studio only

Config: PC, Core i5-760, 8GB RAM, HDD: 3.5TB, Windows 7 x64

UTILIZATION

The drivers are stable. No problem setup, immediately recognized, no bugs encountered. I increase the latency of 10 ms for my project (crack), apart from that no problems.

Software used: Sonar X3

Latency of 10 ms on a project of thirty tracks with vsti gasworks (East-West Symphonic Choir / Orchestra, Damage, Evovle mutation ...)

GETTING STARTED

Trouble-free installation.
General configuration very easy.
Not encountered incompatibility.

Manual ==> I do not have (Used) so I do not comment, but no need for manual in my opinion.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a week so I can not yet be unpleasant surprises. But for now, I'm not disappointed, and I do not understand very critical opinion on this sound card. For me it does a very good taf.

There are just my point of view 2 things that are not top:
- Breath when pushing the preamp background (but I'll use an external preamp for vocals, for example)
- The absence of a true "PatchMix" for assigning as inputs / outputs you want