decent 7.1 surround card?

[Yvan Vander Sanden]

Could anyone recommend a good 7.1 surround card that works with the
latest Ubuntu? I would need a nearly professional card to do concerts
with.

I am mostly familiar with M-audio and Terratec, but none of those are
selling 7.1 cards for the moment. I even have an X-FI, but the driver
for that one does not work very good and is limited to stereo.

Every time i find an article on google about a 7.1 card that's
supposed to be interesting, it's either not supported on linux or not
available anymore.

Anyone who bought a good card recently?

Regards,

yvan

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