OFF: buying a soundcard

[M Holmes]

I know that there are some PC music experts on this list so...

I'm looking to buy a soundcard with a good A/D converter for input.

So far the two which look good at a sane price are the Event Darla (275 Dollars) and
the Turtle Beach Fiji (175 Pounds).

Are there others I should look at or does anyone know of somewhere
selling these at lower prices than this?

The online specs don't list this but presumably all soundcards will come
with onboard clips for connectors to a CD-ROM drive and hopefully a
spare for the TV tuner card?

Cheers

FoFP