Which sound card should I get?

[antiNeo 0]

If any one remembers, I asked a simmaler question about a month ago here. Now I want to know what everyone's fav sound card/brand for Linux is. Here are some 'perfect 'nux card' criteria:

 

-Open Source driver, to ensure it is up-to-date

-Should also be possible to compile it, as I am into Gentoo at this time

-Should be easy to compile/configure

-ALSA Support

-Driver fully supports hardware exceleration

-Not choppy, staticky or slow (i.e. my nforce chipset )

-Won't break the bank for what it's worth

 

I will tally up the vote to see which lucky card manufacturer gets my (allmost non existent) cash. 8)