Greetings to All,

I have a large vinyl collection that would like to copy to digital format.  There are some low and high cost USB hardware options, but the ADI-2 seems to have a number of advantages.

I'm not crazy about going with anything that will take a turntable phono input directly, I don't see how it could have a better phono stage than my Audio Research SP-16.  From my preamp I can go with an unbalanced line output from a tape out jack.  If I need to convert from unbalanced to balanced, I'm OK with that.

The issue seems to be with connection to a laptop.  Connection can be with a PCMCIA card or to a USB port. 

If I want to use the ADI-2, it doesn't seem to have the Cardbus connector for the RME ExpressCard, that seems to connect only to other multi-channel digital interfaces, and I only need two channels.

The other option seems to be using the SPDIF or ADAT digital outputs from the ADI-2 to the laptop, but I have not found any type of interface card that will do that, at least not with a PCMCIA format. 

It does seem odd that the ADI-2 does not have the RME bus protocol connection so that the ExpressCard can be used, or am I missing something?

I can't be the first person who wants to do this, can I? 

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  I am aware of standalone 2 channel ADC's made by others that will connect directly to a USB 2.0 port, but I do like the specification and clean design of the ADI-2.

Thank You,

Stephen

North Bay, Ontario