Omar, the Mackie is supposed to be very good. Hard to say whether you would achieve better results with that over the Delta. Unless, the preamps that you have attached to your delta aren't as good as the Mackie ones or, the digital converters in the Macki, are better than the Delta's. Regards, Phil Muir P J Muir Productions Music And Audio Production URL: www.philmuir.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Omar Binno To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 12:55 AM Subject: [ddots-l] Mackie Onyx with Firewire Hi Everyone: A salesmen at Guitar Center recommended that I use a Mackie Onyx, which is one of their higher end mixers with a firewire card. He says the firewire card can become replacement for the delta 44 soundcard that i'm currently using. He says that I'll get much better quality when converting to digital with the firewire card that comes with the onyx mixer. So I wanted to get some feedback from you guys before I made a decision on this. Thanks. Omar Binno