MASTERING ENGINEERS ADVICE — converters

 I've had quite a bit of experience with audio interfaces over my time. Now, when you first start, it's going to be a price point situation, and it's trying to get your best bang-for-buck. Also, keep in mind that when you're starting off your ears aren't tuned, your hearing palate hasn't developed. So even having the best converters aren't going to do you much good, because you don't know what sounds good and what sounds bad. A lot of people don't have a huge budget when they start, so they kind of look around and look at what everyone else...