Tascam Us 122, pro and cons, does good outweigh bad? Options

[Righteous Bullet]

on the audio/cards/interface forum i saw that many people had problems with the tascam US 122. i posted this same question on that forum too but am putting it on this one too:

the us 122 looked like a good interface to get and it was one ive been thinking about but after hearing all this i dunno if its worth getting. it seems like the issues are mainly getting it setup though, after you actually get it setup and troubleshooted does it work good for the long run or are these problems reoccuring? i would want to use it maybe with an ibook G4 and it looks like the perfect interface except all these setup issues people are tlaking about... do you still think its worth getting? are there any good alternatives in the same price range as the 122?

[Dimora]

This is just me, and it may be a singular issue, but I have a big problem recording complex waveforms like strings (especially strings!). The record at half the volume they should and sound hollow. I have the gains turned up as far as they will go till clipping. I called tech support and they said it sounded like a phase shifting problem, but that it shouldn't be doing that. I have just recently sent my us-122 to tascam to get it checked out.

But as for setup, I had no problem setting mine up in os9 (haven't done so in Panther yet). Installation and upgrading the drivers went very smoothly.

Also, for those who don't have setup problems, I have read almost nothing but beaming reports on it's performance. I can attest to that actually. Small ensembles and solos sound wonderful. So do live instruments with a mic.

Once I get a response back from Tascam I will post what happened, it could be the us-122 or it could just be me