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I just read an interesting idea that got me thinking. The idea is that life has a digital component and an analogue component. The digital component is the nucleic acid genome (A/T/G/C). The analogue part is the cytoplasmic soup. The proposal is that life originated completely in the analogue domain, and later the digital component (the nucleic acid) evolved to better control reproductive inheritance. (Sound familiar?) Kind of makes you wonder what the DAC is: Is it the ribosome, or the collection of non-replicase proteins, or ...? OK, so it is off-topic, but I am getting kind of tired of magic cable threads.

The end of digital audio.? Or not yet.? Some Groovy Data | Stereophile.com I knew that turntubles sales have been skyrocketing recently but I'm very supprised by the height of 2015/2016 sales spike. Will computer audio be passé in 2017..?

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I'm in need of a USB analogue to digital converter that works at 24/96 to record on my computer. The E-MU 0404 USB would be perfect but is no longer available. Is there a similar product in the $100-$150 U.S. price range I could consider? Thanks in advanced.