I'm a little out of touch with latest soundcards. My Carillon is now 6 years old. It's got two Creamware sound cards fitted. They've been pretty excellent soundcards, but they are old style pci. Contemplating upgrading my Carillon has of course prompted the question about the latest sound cards.

So, I checked out the Creamware range again, but being honest the whole uncertainty over Creamware's future after yet another bankrupcy and take over puts me off. Sure the new companies taking over the Creamware name say they will continue to support products (not sure if that means all legacy products, but I doubt it), but this is getting to be a regular event.

That leaves me with focusing on non-Creamware product. I started by looking at RME IO cards and Digidesign products, specifically the 003R Rack Factory. The 003R is closer to my needs, but it's early days in my research, and now my Carillon is back up and ruinning (after a CMOS battery fail) there's not a huge rush.

Meanwhile, if anyone has any recommendations for cards/systems I should consider, please PM me or post in my soundcards topic in the Computer Room Board.