I am considering the purchase of a Waveterminal 192L from ESI.

I read this post by http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index....aveterminal+192 , according to this report it has only "okay" audio quality. Unfortunately i cannot read the original article so i do not know why it is rated down... Is this rating based on recording and playback or just playback? Im am mostly interested in its playback capabilities really so poor recording quality would not bother me.

If anyone knows of a superior card at a "similar" (+/- 50%) price could they point me in the right direction please, the features that have brought me to the Waveterminal are -

Multi channel 1/4 TRS output - at least 1 with headphone preamp
Digital out on card (no plug in connectors)
No breakout box
24bit / 192kHz DA converter

Also does anyone know how this card would compare to an Envy24 based card?