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Hey Barry, Thank you for your reply I'm from Finland So, I believe I only need 1 microphone input, but 2 wouldn't bother me, any more is too much for my needs. An input where I could connect a microphone or my bass guitar would be something I want. Yeah, now that I think of it, I guess it's logical that I could connect my receiver into headphone output slot, does this affect the sound quality? Oh, a "line output" is something I've been wondering about, so that's what it's called '-' Now that I look at the interfaces I see most of them having a line output, so I should be fine. But where ever I watch or read something about those outputs, they say it's for audio monitors. Can I still plug in my receiver into them? There are also line inputs on some, what are those for? I've checked what you offered and they seemed all a bit massive or just for mac, I do have a PC indeed. My budged would be around 150-300€, I'd like it to be cheap, but I don't mid paying a little more for quality. But now that I understand a bit more, I did more research and my top candidates at the moment are a Focusrite Scarlett 2i4. Also Native Instruments Komplete Audio 6 has peaked my interest. But there are so many '-' I plan to buy an audio interface within two months, so, I'd appreciate some suggestions What I need: The best sound quality for max 300€ , the ability to record vocals and bass guitar, the ability to plug it into a receiver, not too big in size. You can also make suggestions for good headphones(comfort is really important) Thx

Hello, I've just ordered myself a new pc and I wanted to understand what kind of a sound card should I get. My plan is to start making music once I get my hands on it. My initial plan was to get an Asus Xonar Essence STX card, but then my dad suddenly gave me a Pioneer sc-lx72 receiver, 3 Radius HD speakers, and a Dragonfly DAC. I've never had a receiver or a dac, so this got really confusing to me. The receiver and the speakers were really great, and when I connected the Dragonfly in between, the sound quality definitely improved. After that I started reading online that the Xonar would be a bad idea for sound quality, because it's an internal sound card. So I started looking at dacs, cause I really liked the Dragonfly, but then I realized that I need a microphone input at some point for recording, so I started to look at audio interfaces. I read a lot about the dac vs audio interface on the internet, and just got more confused, because I'd like to get a audio interface with as nice or nicer sound quality as the dragonfly and the ability to input a microphone. I also noticed that I have no idea if I can connect my receiver to the audio interface, I hope that is possible, I tried to look into in, but couldn't find anything. I'm sorry for my English, I hope this is not too confusing, but I'm really new to this world of audio and would love some help. Thx