What sound card it best for recording?

[Bignate603]

Ok, this is a strange question, what sound card is the best for recording? My friend wants to input minidiscs and doesn't care as much about sound quality it makes during playback, just whether or not it records well. I was leaning towards the soundblaster platinum just because of that live drive thing that puts the hook ups in front but i don't know if it has any advers effect on sound quality when you record with it.

 

[bluegi]

i am interested too.. is there a difference in quality when recording with different sound cards..does anyone know

 

[LED]

SBLive Platinum does have convience, however, far from the best @ recording as these and the other mediocre cards are for general public use... Hereis a list of cards for reading and some some Table comparisons