yep, I agree with ///OSS
you should record what comes out of those analogue outs because thats what sounds great, don't record what gets streamed digitally to your hard drive through the USB, to me that is lack luster (however convenient)

anyone got any usb and analog examples? also i have an mbox 2, thoughts on their A/D's?

What about the other option, the SPDIF? Surely the Virus is digital to start with, so no conversion needed to record, right? Or not?

boborulz i hate to be a nob but i think the A/D on the mbox 2 might suck. I think that gear was sold on its name.

i'm thinking apogee duet or metro halo

I have an 828MKIII and the result compared to the original is perfect, obviously it's being monitored thru the 828MKIII so it might sound even better just straight to my speakers, but Im happy with the conversion at the MOTU. It's a notable difference from using the USB

Im not sure about the Mbox but apogee and Metro halo makes good stuff

if your a PC person you can use RME-Audio products as well, they make good A/D D/As

was looking into presonus interfaces...thoughts? hmm..ok i really need to try this out for myself. bit of a bitch if my mbox is shooting me in the foot before i even use the virus analogs...